Kodur Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}{{More citations needed|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Kodur | map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (127-Kodur highlighted).png | map_caption = Location of Kodur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | state = Andhra Pradesh | district = Tirupati | loksabha_cons = Rajampet | reservation = SC | established = 1962 | type = SLA | constituency_no = 127 | mla = Arava Sreedhar | party = {{Party index link|Janasena Party}} | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}} | latest_election_year = 2024 | electors = 204,491 }} '''Kodur''' is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh<ref name="k927">{{cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Kodur Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/kodur-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8917022.html |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=News18}}</ref> that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.

Arava Sreedhar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 204,491 electors in the constituency.{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1962, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (1962)''.

== Mandals == {{srn}} {|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash" !Mandal |- | Penagalur |- | Chitvel |- | Pullampeta |- | Obulavaripalle |- | Railway Koduru |}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |- ! colspan=4| United Andhra |- | 1962 | rowspan=2 |N. Penchalaiah | {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party|rowspan=2}} |- | 1967 |- | 1972 | Sriramulu Gunti | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1978 | Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | 1983 | Srinivasulu Settipalli | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}} |- | 1985 | rowspan=2 |Thoomati Penchalaiah |- | 1989 |- | 1994 | Chennaiah Vaddi |- | 1999 | Somineni Saraswathi |- | 2004 | Gunti Venkateswara Prasad | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | 2009 | rowspan=2 |Koramutla Srinivasulu |- | 2012 | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |- ! colspan=4| Andhra |- | 2014 | rowspan=2 |Koramutla Srinivasulu | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |- | 2019 |- | 2024 | Arava Sreedhar<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kodur Assembly Election Results 2024: Kodur Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/andhra-pradesh/kodur-constituency-result-1127 |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> | {{Full party name with color|Janasena Party}} |}

==Election results==

=== 1978 === {{Election box begin | title=1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Janata Party |candidate = Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah |votes = 19,079 |percentage = 30.78 |change = new }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Yerrathota Venkatasubbaiah |votes = 17,391 |percentage = 28.05 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress (Indira) |candidate = Penubala Peachalaiah |votes = 15,610 |percentage = 25.18 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Gunti Sreeramulu |votes = 9,205 |percentage = 14.85 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,688 |percentage = 2.73 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 61,980 |percentage = 64.7 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }}

{{Election box end}} === 1983 === {{Election box begin | title=1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Srinivasulu Settipalli |votes = 45,889 |percentage = 63.98 |change = new }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Sriramulu Gunti |votes = 21,650 |percentage = 30.18 |change = {{increase}}15.33 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of India |candidate = Karnati Subbanna |votes = 3,130 |percentage = 4.36 |change = }}

{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,239 |percentage = 33.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 71,723 |percentage = 69 |change = {{increase}}4.3 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Telugu Desam Party |loser = Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 1985 === {{Election box begin | title=1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Thoomati Penchalaiah |votes = 40,311 |percentage = 60.55 |change = {{decrease}}3.43 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Nediganti Venkatasubbaiah |votes = 24,806 |percentage = 37.26 |change = {{increase}}7.08 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 15,505 |percentage = 23.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 66,566 |percentage = 59.7 |change = {{decrease}}9.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Telugu Desam Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 1989 === {{Election box begin | title=1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Thoomati Penchalaiah |votes = 50,239 |percentage = 50.06 |change = {{decrease}}10.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Kotapati Dhananjaya |votes = 49,173 |percentage = 49.0 |change = {{increase}}11.74 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,066 |percentage = 1.06 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 100,338 |percentage = 70.7 |change = {{increase}}11.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Telugu Desam Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 1994 === {{Election box begin | title=1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Chennaiah Vaddi |votes = 52,335 |percentage = 56.52 |change = {{increase}}6.46 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Kotapati Dhanunjaya |votes = 37,573 |percentage = 40.58 |change = {{decrease}}8.42 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 14,762 |percentage = 15.54 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 92,582 |percentage = 69.3 |change = {{decrease}}1.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Telugu Desam Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 1999 === {{Election box begin | title=1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Somineni Saraswathi |votes = 38,228 |percentage = 44.47 |change = {{decrease}}12.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad |votes = 27,986 |percentage = 32.56 |change = {{decrease}} 8.02 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Eswaraiah Kanuparthi |votes = 16,336 |percentage = 19.0 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 10,242 |percentage = 11.91 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 85,948 |percentage = 70.2 |change = {{increase}}0.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Telugu Desam Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2004 === {{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Dr. Gunti Venkateswara Prasad |votes = 55,135 |percentage = 57.73 |change = {{increase}}25.17 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Smt. Jayamma Yerrathota |votes = 38,713 |percentage = 40.54 |change = {{decrease}} 3.93 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,422 |percentage = 17.10 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 95,503 |percentage = 71.92 |change = {{increase}}4.19 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Telugu Desam Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2009 === {{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Koramutla Srinivasulu |votes = 51,747 |percentage = 43.98 |change = {{decrease}}13.75 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin |votes = 39,359 |percentage = 33.45 |change = {{decrease}} 7.09 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Praja Rajyam Party |candidate = Samineni Saraswathi |votes = 22,122 |percentage = 18.80 |change = new }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 12,388 |percentage = 10.53 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 117,663 |percentage = 74.40 |change = {{increase}}2.48 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2012 by-election=== {{Election box begin | title=2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = YSRCP |candidate = Koramutla Srinivasulu |votes = 66,456 |percentage = 53.80 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = E. Kanuparthi |votes = 34,465 |percentage = 27.90 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Ajay Babu Nandavaram Benjimin |votes = 17,594 |percentage = 14.24 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 31,991 |percentage = 25.89 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 123,530 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = YSRCP |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2014 === {{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = YSR Congress Party |candidate = Koramutla Srinivasulu |votes = 66,820 |percentage = 48.72 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Obili Subbaramaiah |votes = 64,848 |percentage = 47.29 |change = {{increase}}13.84 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,972 |percentage = 1.43 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 137,138 |percentage = 77.67 |change = {{increase}}3.27 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = YSR Congress Party |loser = Telugu Desam Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2019 === {{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = YSR Congress Party |candidate = Koramutla Srinivasulu |votes = 78,312 |percentage = 57.26 |change = {{increase}}8.54 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Telugu Desam Party |candidate = Panthagani Narasimha Prasad |votes = 43,433 |percentage = 31.76 |change = {{decrease}} 15.53 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Janasena Party |candidate = Bonasi Venkata Subbaiah |votes = 9,964 |percentage = 7.29 |change = new }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = NOTA |candidate = None Of The Above |votes = 1,570 |percentage = 1.14 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 34,879 |percentage = 25.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 136,770 |percentage = 75.29 |change = {{decrease}}2.38 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = YSR Congress Party |loser = Telugu Desam Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2024 === {{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kodur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Janasena Party |candidate = Arava Sreedhar |votes = 78,594 |percentage = 51.58 |change = {{increase}}44.29 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = YSR Congress Party |candidate = Koramutla Srinivasulu |votes = 67,493 |percentage = 44.29 |change = {{decrease}}12.97 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Gosala Devi |votes = 2,132 |percentage = 1.39 |change = {{increase}}0.42 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = NOTA |candidate = None Of The Above |votes = 1,112 |percentage = 0.72 |change = {{decrease}}0.42 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 11,101 |percentage = 7.28 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 1,52,366 |percentage = 74.51 |change = {{decrease}}0.78 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Janasena Party |loser = YSRCP |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

== References == {{Reflist}}{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}} {{Tirupati district}} {{coord|13.96|79.35|display=title}}

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