Paderu (ST) (Assembly constituency)

Paderu (ST)
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Visakhapatnam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	Yes

Paderu Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It is one of 15 constituencies in the Visakhapatnam district.

Overview

It is part of the Araku Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kurupam, Parvathipuram, Salur, Araku Valley, Palakonda and Rampachodavaram.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1989: Balaraju Matsyarasa, Indian National Congress
• 1994: Kottagulli Chitti Naidu, Telugu Desam Party
• 1999: Manikumari Matyarasa, Telugu Desam Party
• 2004: Rajarao Lake, Bahujan Samaj Party
• 2009: Balaraju Pasupuleti, Indian National Congress
• 2014: Eswari Giddi, YSR Congress Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2004

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2004: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Rajarao Lake	33,890	31.43
	Independent	Ravi Sankar Samida	26,335	24.43
	TDP	Manikumari Matyarasa	23,523	21.82
	INC	Balaraju Matsyarasa	20.052	18.60
Majority			7,555	7.00
Turnout			107,803	60.29	-1.24
	BSP gain from TDP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balaraju Pasupuleti	35,653	32.40
	CPI	Demudu Goddeti	35,066	31.87
	PRP	Krishnaveni Tamarbha	16,894	15.35
Majority			587	0.53
Turnout			110,297	56.44	-3.85
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Paderu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Eswaramma Giddi	52,384	40.97
	CPI	Demudu Goddeti	26,243	20.53
	INC	Balaraju Pasupuleti	21,086	16.49
	BJP	Lokula Gandhi	17,029	13.32
Majority			26,141	20.44
Turnout			127,849	59.80	+3.36
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly