Etcherla (Assembly constituency)

Etcherla
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Srikakulam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	No

Etcherla Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 10 constituencies in the Srikakulam district.

Overview

It is part of the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Rajam, Bobbili, Cheepurupalli, Gajapathinagaram, Nellimarla and Vizianagaram.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1989: Kavali Prathibha Bharathi, Telugu Desam Party
• 1994: Kavali Prathibha Bharathi, Telugu Desam Party
• 1999: Kavali Prathibha Bharathi, Independent
• 2004: Kondru Murali Mohan, Indian National Congress
• 2009: Meesala Neelakantam, Indian National Congress
• 2014: Kalavenkatarao Kimidi, Telugu Desam Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2004

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Konduru Murali Mohan	58,676	52.55	+8.47
	TDP	Kavalipratibha Bharathi	52,987	47.45	-7.60
Majority			5,689	5.10
Turnout			111,663	76.69	+9.09
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Meesala Neelakantam	59,365	39.11	13.44
	TDP	Nayana Suryanarayana Reddy	44,350	29.22	-18.23
	PRP	Kalavenkata Rao Kimidi	29,957	19.73
Majority			15,015	9.89
Turnout			151,801	80.74	+4.05
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Etcherla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kalavenkata Rao Kimidi	85,769	49.54
	YSRCP	Gorle Kiran Kumar	81,028	46.80
Majority			4,741	2.74
Turnout			174,001	82.77	+2.03
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly