Punganur Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India

Punganur
Constituency No. 165 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Punganur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
LS constituency	Rajampet
Established	1951
Total electors	229,261
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy
Party	YSR Congress Party
Elected year	2024

Punganur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh that elects represtatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of seven assembly segments of the Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy is the current MLA, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 229,261 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Sodam
Somala
Chowdepalle
Punganur
Pulicherla
Rompicherla

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	B. Krishnamurthy rao	Indian National Congress
1955	Y.B.V. Chikarayalu	Independent
1962	V. Ramaswami Reddy	Indian National Congress
1967	V. Ramaswami Reddy
1970 (By-poll)	B. Rani Sundarmani
1972	B. Rani Sundarmani
1978	K. V. Pati	Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Baggidi Gopal	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy
1989
1994
1996 (By-poll)	N. Amaranath Reddy
1999	Sridhar Reddy	Indian National Congress
2004	N. Amaranatha Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
2009	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy	Indian National Congress
2014		YSR Congress Party
2019
2024

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Punganur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B. Krishnamoorthy Rao	21,059	45.19%
	Independent	Varanasi Raghunatha Reddi	19,737	42.35%
	KMPP	Peddivari Vankata Reddi	5,807	12.46%
Margin of victory			1,322	2.84%
Turnout			46,603	62.41%
Registered electors			74,675
	INC win (new seat)

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy	84,083	51.64	-1.58
	TDP	M Venkatramana Raju	43,356	26.63	-7.73
	PRP	Vantela Khadar Bhasha	25,891	15.9
Majority			40,727	25.01
Turnout			1,61,127	83.39
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy	104,587	56.47	6.55
	TDP	M. Venkataramana Raju	72,856	39.34	4.7
Majority			31,731	17.13
Turnout			1,85,213	84.10
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy	107,000	54.85	1.58
	TDP	N. Anesha Reddy	63,876	32.61	7.73
	JSP	Bode Ramachandra Yadav	16,452	18.40
Majority			42,710	22.24
Turnout			1,95,868	87
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Punganur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy	99,774	48.07
	TDP	Challa Ramachandra Reddy (Babu)	93155	45.16
	Bharata Chaitanya Yuvajana Party	Bode Ramachandra Yadav	4423	2.17
	INC	Dr. G Murali Mohan Yadav	3546	1.7
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2884	1.39
Majority			6619
Turnout			206911
	YSRCP hold		Swing

References

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.