Puttur, Andhra Pradesh Assembly constituency

Puttur
Puttur
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Puttur Assembly constituency was an Assembly constituency of the Madras Legislative Assembly until States Reorganisation Act, 1956 transferred it to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It was one of constituencies in Chittoor district.

Overview

1951: Kumaraswamy Rajah Bahadur (Raja of Karvetnagar), Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party^[1]
1952 by-election: RBV Sundarsana Varma, Indian National Congress^[2]^[3]

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]

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Puttur^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Gali Muddhu Krishnama Naidu	65,788	62.49
	TDP	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
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Puttur^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

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