Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency

Rajahmundry Rural
Rajahmundry Rural
Constituency No. 51 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	East Godavari
LS constituency	Rajahmundry
Established	2008
Total electors	254,339
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency is a constituency in East Godavari 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 Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2024, there are a total of 254,339 electors in the constituency.^[4]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The mandals and wards that form the assembly constituency are:^[2]

Mandal
Kadiam
Rajahmundry Rural
Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation (Ward No.1 to 6, 36 to 41 and 90)

Year	Member
2009	Chandana Ramesh	Telugu Desam Party
2014	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary
2019
2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	129,060	63.87
	YSRCP	Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna	64,970	32.15
	INC	Balepalli Muralidhar	2,728	1.35
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,699	1.34
Majority			64,090	32.17
Turnout			1,99,219
	TDP hold		Swing

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	74,166	39.28
	YSRCP	Akula Veerraju	63,762	33.77
	JSP	Kandula Durgesh	42,685	22.61
Majority			10,404	5.51
Turnout
	TDP hold		Swing

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	87,540	52.22
	YSRCP	Akula Veerraju	69481	41.45
Majority			18,058	10.77
Turnout			167,626	73.85	{{{change}}}
	TDP hold		Swing

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Chandana Ramesh	44,617	32.39
	PRP	Ravanam Swami Naidu	43,070	31.27
	INC	J. Vijaya Lakshmi	38,340	27.83
Majority			1,547	1.12
Turnout			137,742	72.70
	TDP win (new seat)

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.