Puttur | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Chittoor |
Reservation | None |
Puttur Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency of the Madras Legislative Assembly till States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It was one of constituencies in the Chittoor district.
It was part of the Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency.
Year | Member | Political party | |
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1962 | Tarimela Nagireddy | Communist Party of India | |
1967 | G. Sivaiah | Communist Party of India | |
1972 | Elavarthi Gopal Raju | Indian National Congress | |
1978 | KB Siddaiah | Janata Party[7] | |
1983 | Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
1989 | Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
1994 | Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
1999 | Reddivari Rajasekhar Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
2004 | Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
2008 onwards: Nagari. This Assembly constituency was merged with neighbouring Nagari seat. The longest serving legislator of this erstwhile Puttur constituency Mr.Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu got elected from Nagari in 2009 elections and lost against Actress turned Politician RK Roja in 2014 elections.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Telugu Desam | Gali Muddhu Krishnama Naidu | 65,788 | 62.49 | ||
Indian National Congress Party | Kandati Sankar Reddy | 35,837 | 34.04 | ||
Margin of victory | 29,951 | 28.45 | |||
Turnout | 1,05,284 | 75.73 | |||
Registered electors | 1,39,019 | ||||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KMPP | Kumaraswami Rajah Bahadur | 37,500 | 76.80% | ||
INC | B. Ramakrishna Raju | 11,331 | 23.20% | 23.20% | |
Margin of victory | 26,169 | 53.59% | |||
Turnout | 48,831 | 58.56% | |||
Registered electors | 83,392 | ||||
KMPP win (new seat) |