Araku Valley (ST) (Assembly constituency)

Araku Valley Assembly constituency is a ST reserved constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 15 constituencies in the Visakhapatnam district.

Overview

It is part of the Araku Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kurupam, Parvathipuram, Palakonda, Salur, Paderu and Rampachodavaram.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Araku Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Siveri Soma 34,959 29.04
INC Vanjangi Kanthamma 34,557 28.71
Majority 402 0.33
Turnout 120,459 61.19
TDP win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Araku Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Kidari Sarveswara Rao 63,700 43.88
TDP Siveri Soma 29,647 20.42
Independent Ravibabu Kumbha 25,789 17.76
Majority 34,053 23.46
Turnout 150,109 70.12 +8.93
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

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