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
- 2009: Siveri Soma, Telugu Desam Party
- 2014: Kidari Sarveswara Rao, YSR Congress Party
Election Results
Assembly Elections 2009
Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Araku Valley | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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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