Ponnur 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 Guntur Lok Sabha constituency.

Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar of the Telugu Desam Party is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. As of 2019, there are a total of 225,815 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Mandal
Ponnur
Chebrolu
Pedakakani

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPolitical party
1952Kolla VenkaiahCommunist Party of India
1955Govada ParamdhamaiahKrishikar Lok Party
1962Nannapaneni Venkata RaoIndian National Congress
1967P.A.PrasadaraoIndian National Congress
1972Doppapudi Ranga RaoIndependent
1978Gogineni Nageswara RaoIndian National Congress (I)
1983Dhulipalla Veeraiah ChowdaryTelugu Desam Party
1985
1989Chittineni Venkata RaoIndian National Congress
1994Dhulipalla Narendra KumarTelugu Desam Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019Kilari Venkata RosaiahYSR Congress Party
2024Dhulipalla Narendra KumarTelugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar110,41056.95
YSRCPAmbati Murali Krishna77,49539.97
INCJakka Ravindranath2,4001.24
NOTANone of the above1,2480.64
Majority32,91516.98
Turnout1,93,875
Registered electors2,27,648
TDP gain from YSRCPSwing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCPKilari Venkata Rosaiah87,57045.88
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar86,45845.30
JSPBoni Parvathi (Naidu)12,0336.30
Majority1,1120.58
Turnout1,90,86183.61−1.06
Registered electors2,28,234
YSRCP gain from TDPSwing
Mandal Wise Voting
YSRCPTDPJSPOthersNOTATotal
Pedakakani25,78724,4173,40694226554,817
Chebrolu25,35125,1154,1921,16544656,269
Ponnur17,49718,3552,22567822338,978
Ponnur Urban17,94717,9252,11776424939,002
Postal Votes9886469352161,795
Total87,57086,45812,0333,6011,199190,861
Percentage45.88%45.30%6.30%1.89%0.63%100.00%

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2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar88,38650.15
YSRCPRavi Venkata Ramana80,62545.74
Majority7,7614.41
Turnout176,25184.67+3.62
TDP holdSwing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar61,00838.51−15.70
INCMarupudi Leeladhara Rao58,84037.14−7.51
PRPTella Venkateswara Rao30,31719.14
Majority2,1681.37
Turnout158,42581.05+4.45
TDP holdSwing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar51,28854.21−3.57
INCMannava Raja Kishore42,24344.65−3.23
Majority9,0259.56
Turnout94,60676.60+10.82
TDP holdSwing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar54,86557.78%
INCChittineni Prathap Babu39,33241.42%
Margin of victory15,53316.36%
Turnout96,31866.73%
Registered electors144,347
TDP holdSwing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Narendra Kumar52,08756.13%
INCTalasila Venkata Ramaiah30,35832.72%
Margin of victory21,72923.42%
Turnout94,06769.47%
Registered electors135,408
TDP gain from INCSwing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCChittineni Venkata Rao46,83148.37%
TDPDhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary45,17746.66%
Margin of victory1,6541.71%
Turnout100,98475.87%
Registered electors133,100
INC gain from TDPSwing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary43,71452.60%
INCChittineni Venkata Rao37,30344.89%
Margin of victory6,4117.71%
Turnout84,12571.63%
Registered electors117,451
TDP holdSwing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDPDhulipalla Veeraiah Chowdary49,47865.76%
INCNageswara Rao Gogineni25,76634.24%
Margin of victory23,71231.51%
Turnout76,35571.94%
Registered electors106,131
TDP gain from INC(I)Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC(I)Nageswara Rao Gogineni30,06642.80%
JPTalasila Venkata Ramaiah22,61432.19%
Margin of victory7,45210.61%
Turnout71,52371.10%
Registered electors100,592
INC(I) gain from IndependentSwing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentDoppapudi Ranga Rao26,64944.98%
INCManu Anta Rao Yalavarti26,30744.40%
Margin of victory3420.58%
Turnout60,27169.97%
Registered electors85,135
Independent gain from INCSwing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCA.P Pamulapati32,99658.15%
CPI(M)Kolla Venkaiah20,82145 .70%
Margin of victory12,17521.46%
Turnout58,22180.61%
Registered electors72,230
INC holdSwing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCNannapaneni Venkata Rao31,53458.85%
SWAPamulapati Butchi Naidu Chowdary20,60838.46%
Margin of victory10,92620.39%
Turnout55,48280.32%
Registered electors69,074
INC holdSwing

1955

1955 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KLPGovada Paramdamiah31,07764.93%
CPIJonnalagadda Joshi16,78835.07%
Margin of victory14,28929.85%
Turnout47,86571.71%
Registered electors66,746
KLP holdSwing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ponnur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPIKolla Venkaiah20,05436.94%
KLPCoginam Lakshminarayana11,24020.71%
KMPPAmbati Tirupati Nayudu9,05916.69%
INCRaminoni Norayana8,14014.99%14.99%
IndependentP. V. Krishnaiah Chowdary3,3966.26%
IndependentBorugadda Ananda Rao1,5912.93%
IndependentBhodeti Jacob8051.48%
Margin of victory8,81416.24%
Turnout54,28574.15%
Registered electors73,206
CPI win (new seat)

See also

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