Bapatla Assembly constituency is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency.

Vegesana Narendra Varma Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 183,917 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per Delimination Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Bapatla
Pittalavanipalem
Karlapalem
Map
Mandals in Bapatla Assembly Constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPolitical party
1952Vasireddi SrikrishnaCommunist Party of India
1955Mantena VenkatarajuIndian National Congress
1962Kommineni VenkateswararaoIndependent
1967Kona Prabhakara RaoIndian National Congress
1972
1978Indian National Congress (I)
1983C. V. RamarajuTelugu Desam Party
1985Ummareddy VenkateswarluTelugu Desam Party
1989Chirala Govardhana ReddyIndian National Congress
1994Seshagiri RaoTelugu Desam Party
1999Manthena Anantha Varma
2004Gade Venkata ReddyIndian National Congress
2009
2014Kona RaghupathiYSR Congress Party
2019
2024Vegesana Narendra Varma RajuTelugu Desam Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPIVemmulapalli Srikrishna22,80635.73%
INCNankena Venkataraju20,39931.96%31.96%
KLPGoavada Prandhamayya16,27325.49%
AIFBVelagan Lakshmi Sundara Rao1,1711.83%
IndependentVamavarapu Venkateswarlu1,1241.76%
IndependentBendapudi Narayana Rao1,0761.69%
IndependentC. L. Daniel9861.54%
Margin of victory2,4073.77%
Turnout63,83574.93%
Registered electors85,198
CPI win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCManthen Venkata Raju26,58156.41%
CPIVemupalli Srikrishna18,62639.53%
Margin of victory7,99516.88%
Turnout47,12070.67%
Registered electors66,676
INC gain from CPISwing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentKommineni Venkateswara Rao14,31729.71%
INCMantena Satyavathi13,10427.19%
Margin of victory12132.52%
Turnout50,06967.26%
Registered electors74,436
Independent (I) gain from INCSwing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCKona Prabhakar Rao32,34456.59%
CPI(M)Kommineni Venkateswara Rao17,11729.95%
Margin of victory15,22726.64%
Turnout59,46474.85%
Registered electors79,444
INC gain from IndependentSwing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCKona Prabhakar Rao33,31449.82%
IndependentMuppalaneni Seshagiri Rao31,02546.40%
Margin of victory22893.42%
Turnout68,00373.50%
Registered electors92,516
INC holdSwing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(I)Kona Prabhakar Rao40,33246.95%
JPMuppalaneni Seshagiri Rao40,14346.73%
Margin of victory1890.22%
Turnout87,50778.64%
Registered electors111,272
INC(I) gain from INCSwing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPC V Ramaraju57,26366.73%
INCKona Prabhakar Rao27,83132.43%
Margin of victory29,43234.30%
Turnout87,67372.83%
Registered electors120,375
TDP gain from INC(I)Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPUmmareddy Venkateswarlu37,12942.92%
INCManthena Venkata Suryanarayana Raju19,10222.08%
Margin of victory18,02720.84%
Turnout89,46970.03%
Registered electors127,752
TDP holdSwing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCChirala Govardan Reddy58,50557.01%
TDPAchyutha Ramaraju Penumatsa42,92241.83%
Margin of victory15,58315.19%
Turnout106,07471.81%
Registered electors147,707
INC gain from TDPSwing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPSeshagiiri Rao Muppalaneni63,00159.67%
BSPKathi Padma Rao21,50720.37%
INCChukka Peter Paul19,06718.06%
Margin of victory41,49439.30%
Turnout107,32969.41%
Registered electors154,625
TDP gain from INCSwing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPAnantha Varma Manthena50,00846.61%
INCSeshagiiri Rao Muppalaneni36,16333.71%
Margin of victory13,84512.91%
Turnout110,01667.83%
Registered electors162,199
TDP holdSwing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCGade Venkata Reddy61,37055.60%
TDPAnantha Varma Manthena45,80141.49%
Margin of victory15,5691.11%
Turnout110,43972.51%
Registered electors152,312
INC gain from TDPSwing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCGade Venkata Reddy37,45630.51%
TDPChirala Govardhan Reddy36,09329.40%
IndependentKona Raghupathi29,04123.65%
PRPUggirala Seetaramulu @ Seetaramaiah15,91112.92%
LSPCherukuri Subba Rao2,2191.80%
Margin of victory1,3631.11%
Turnout123,13576.02%
Registered electors161,981
INC holdSwing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCPKona Raghupathi71,07650.29
TDPAnnam Satish Prabhakar65,26346.17
Majority58134.11
Turnout148,80882.82
YSRCP gain from INCSwing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCPKona Raghupathi79,83651.92
TDPAnnam Satish Prabhakar64,63742.04
JSPLakshmi Narasimha Ikkurthi4,0062.6
Majority15,1999.88
Turnout1,53,76983.08
YSRCP holdSwing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bapatla
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPVegesana Narendra Varma90,62656.21%
YSRCPKona Raghupathi62,85838.98%
INCGanta Anjibabu4,1932.60%
NOTANone Of The Above1,1280.70%
Majority27,76817.22%
Turnout1,61,226
TDP gain from YSRCPSwing

See also

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Further reading

  • . Election Commission of India.