Kankipadu Assembly constituency
| Kankipadu | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Krishna |
| LS constituency | Vijayawada |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
| Total electors | 121,878[1] |
| Reservation | None |
Kankipadu was one of the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India.[2] It was in Krishna district.
History of the constituency
[edit]The Kankipadu constituency was first created for the Madras State Legislative Assembly in 1952 by the 1951 delimitation.[3] After the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the new Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[4] After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Kankipadu, Poranki and Vijayawada firks in Vijayawada taluk excluding vijayawada municipality of Krishna district.[2]
It was not present in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[5]
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Devineni Nehru | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2004[1] | Devineni Nehru | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Devineni Nehru | 103,181 | 54.92 | ||
| TDP | Gadde Rammohan rao | 85,656 | 42.98 | ||
| Majority | 17,525 | 8.95 | |||
| Turnout | 98,789 | 81.05 | |||
| Registered electors | 121,878 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951". Election Commission of India. 23 August 1951. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Seventh Amendment". Indiacode.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.