Santhanuthalapadu Assembly constituency

Santhanuthalapadu
Santhanuthalapadu
Constituency No. 107 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Santhanuthalapadu Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
LS constituency	Bapatla
Established	1962
Total electors	211,326
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent B. N. Vijay Kumar
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Santhanuthalapadu is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

B.N. Vijay Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 211,326 electors in the constituency.^[3]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

Mandals

Mandal
Naguluppalapadu
Maddipadu
Santhanuthalapadu
Chimakurthi

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1962	Tavanam Chenchaiah	Communist Party of India
1967	V. C. K. Rao	Indian National Congress
1972	Aareti Kotaiah
1978	Yellaiah Vema
1983	Aareti Kotaiah	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Kasukurthi Adhenna	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Venkata Seshu Gurrala	Indian National Congress
1994	Chenchaiah Thavanam	Communist Party of India
1999	David Raju Palaparthi	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Dara Sambaiah	Indian National Congress
2009	B. N. Vijay Kumar	Indian National Congress
2014	Audimulapu Suresh	YSR Congress Party
2019	T. J. R. Sudhakar Babu	YSR Congress Party
2024	B. N. Vijay Kumar	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Tavanam Chenchaiah	18,649	47.54%
	INC	Vemula Nagaratnam	15,658	39.92%
Margin of victory			2,991	7.62%
Turnout			41,496	61.61%
Registered electors			67,350
	CPI gain from		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V.C.K.Rao	29,478	54.46%
	CPI(M)	Tavanam Chenchaiah	19,657	36.32%
Margin of victory			9,821	18.15%
Turnout			56,535	70.96%
Registered electors			79,669
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Aareti Kotaiah	26,051	62.61%
	Independent	Tavanam Chenchaiah	12,482	30.00%
Margin of victory			13,569	32.61%
Turnout			42,058	46.95%
Registered electors			89,588
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Vema Yellaiah	34,270	46.82%
	CPI(M)	Tavanam Chenchaiah	20,228	27.63%
Margin of victory			14,042	19.18%
Turnout			74,902	63.16%
Registered electors			118,590
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Aareti Kotaiah	52,139	63.54%
	INC	Vema Yellaiah	18,280	22.28%
Margin of victory			33,859	41.27%
Turnout			83,364	64.93%
Registered electors			128,381
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Gurrala Venkata Seshu	58,405	54.40%
	CPI(M)	Tavanam Chenchaiah	46,514	43.33%
Margin of victory			11,891	11.08%
Turnout			110,923	63.91%
Registered electors			172,566
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Tavanam Chenchaiah	56,120	54.75%
	INC	Gurrala Venkata Seshu	31,186	30.43%
Margin of victory			24,934	24.33%
Turnout			104,375	68.98%
Registered electors			151,309
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Adenna Kasukurthy	48,115	52.67%
	INC	Chinthapalli poulu	40,008	43.80%
Margin of victory			8,107	8.87%
Turnout			92,572	66.81%
Registered electors			138,556
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	David Raju Palaparthi	56,543	49.55%
	INC	Gurrala Venkata Seshu	46,192	40.48%
Margin of victory			10,351	9.07%
Turnout			118,232	64.31%
Registered electors			183,853
	TDP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dara Sambaiah	66,464	55.72	+15.24
	TDP	David Raju Palaparthi	50,829	42.61	−8.94
Majority			15,635	13.11
Turnout			119,290	74.57	+12.50
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. N. Vijay Kumar	63,769	43.90	−11.82
	CPI(M)	Anjaiah Jala	54,238	37.40
	PRP	Kommuri Kanaka Rao	19,129	13.20
Majority			9,531	6.50
Turnout			145,171	72.80	−1.77
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Audimulapu Suresh	80,954	48.22
	TDP	B. N. Vijay Kumar	79,678	47.46
Majority			1,276	0.76
Turnout			167,888	83.19	+10.39
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	T. J. R. Sudhakar Babu	89,160	49.45%
	TDP	B. N. Vijay Kumar	80,082	44.42%
	CPI(M)	Anjaiah Jala	5,988	3.32%
Majority			9,078	5.03%
Turnout			1,80,290	85.28	+2.1
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Santhanuthalapadu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	B. N. Vijay Kumar	105,757	55.69
	YSRCP	Merugu Nagarjuna	75,372	39.69
	INC	Vijesh Raj Palaparthi	2,715	1.43
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,725	0.91
Majority			30,385	16.00
Turnout			1,89,916
	TDP gain from YSRCP		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. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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[1] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[constituencies-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 22, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[electors-3] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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