Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency)

Coordinates: 18°20′00″N 82°52′00″E / 18.3333°N 82.8667°E / 18.3333; 82.8667 Araku (ST) (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes^[1] This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly Segments

Araku Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
129	Palakonda	ST
130	Kurupam	ST
131	Parvathipuram	SC
132	Salur	ST
147	Araku Valley	ST
148	Paderu	ST
172	Rampachodavaram	ST

Members of Parliament

Key

INC YSRCP

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Kishore Chandra Deo	Indian National Congress
	2014	Kothapalli Geetha	YSR Congress Party

Election Results

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Araku
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kishore Chandra Deo	360,458	45.49
	CPI(M)	Midiyam Baburao	168,014	21.20
	PRP	Meenaka Simhachalam	128,649	16.24
Majority			192,444	24.29
Turnout			792,367	67.01
	INC win (new seat)

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Araku ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Kothapalli Geetha	413,191	45.42	N/A
	TDP	Gummidi Sandhyarani	321,793	35.38	N/A
	INC	Kishore Chandra Deo	52,884	5.81	-39.68
	CPI(M)	Midiyam Baburao	38,898	4.26	-16.94
	Independent	Kangala Baludora	23,251	2.55	N/A
	Independent	Chetti Sankararao	8,951	0.98	N/A
	AAP	Burjabariki Dhanaraju	8,569	0.94	N/A
	Independent	Sallangi Ratnam	7,688	0.85	N/A
	Independent	Biddika Ramaiah	7,587	0.83	N/A
	Independent	Illa Rami Reddy	5,692	0.63	N/A
	Independent	Vanugu Sankararao	4,614	0.51	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	16,532	1.82	N/A
Majority			91,398	10.04	-14.25
Turnout			909,614	72.92	+5.91
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing	+25.58

References

1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.
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Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh

After 2008 (implementation of Delimitation Act of 2002)	Amalapuram Anakapalli Anantapur Araku Bapatla (SC) Chittoor Eluru Guntur Hindupur Kadapa Kakinada Kurnool Machilipatnam Nandyal Narasaraopet Narsapuram Nellore Ongole Rajahmundry Rajampet Srikakulam Tirupati Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram

Constituencies which were abolished in 2008	Bhadrachalam Bobbili Hanamkonda Miryalguda Parvathipuram Siddipet Tenali

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