Araku Valley (ST) (Assembly constituency)

Araku Valley (ST)
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Visakhapatnam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	Yes

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
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

Anantapur	Anantapur Urban Dharmavaram Hindupur Kadiri Kalyandurg Madakasira (SC) Penukonda Puttaparthi Raptadu Rayadurg Guntakal Singanamala (SC) Tadpatri Uravakonda
Chittoor	Chandragiri Chittoor Gangadhara Nellore (SC) Kuppam Madanapalle Nagari Palamaner Pileru Punganur Puthalapattu (SC) Satyavedu (SC) Srikalahasti Thamballapalle Tirupati
East Godavari	Amalapuram Anaparthy Gannavaram(SC) Jaggampeta Kakinada City Kakinada Rural Kothapeta Mandapeta Mummidivaram Peddapuram Pithapuram Prathipadu Rajahmundry City Rajahmundry Rural Rajanagaram Ramachandrapuram Rampachodavaram (ST) Razole (SC) Tuni
Guntur	Bapatla Chilakaluripet Guntur East Guntur West Gurajala Macherla Mangalagiri Narasaraopet Pedakurapadu Ponnuru Prathipadu Repalle Sattenapalli Tadikonda Tenali Vemuru (SC) Vinukonda
Kadapa	Badvel (SC) Jammalamadugu Kadapa Kamalapuram Kodur (SC) Mydukur Proddatur Rajampet Rayachoti Pulivendla
Krishna	Avanigadda Gannavaram Gudivada Jaggayyapeta Kaikalur Machilipatnam Mylavaram Nandigama (SC) Nuzvid Pamarru (SC) Pedana Penamaluru Tiruvuru (SC) Vijayawada Central Vijayawada East Vijayawada West
Kurnool	Adoni Allagadda Alur Banaganapalle Dhone Kodumur (SC) Kurnool Mantralayam Nandikotkur (SC) Nandyal Panyam Pattikonda Srisailam Yemmiganur
Nellore	Atmakur Gudur (SC) Kavali Kovur Nellore City Nellore Rural Sarvepalli Sullurpeta (SC) Udayagiri Venkatagiri
Prakasam	Addanki Chirala Darsi Giddalur Kandukur Kanigiri Kondapi (SC) Markapuram Ongole Parchur Santhanuthalapadu (SC) Yerragondapalem (SC)
Srikakulam	Amadalavalasa Etcherla Ichchapuram Narasannapeta Palakonda Palasa Pathapatnam Rajam Srikakulam Tekkali
Visakhapatnam	Anakapalle Araku Valley (ST) Bhimili Chodavaram Gajuwaka Madugula Narsipatnam Paderu (ST) Payakaraopet (SC) Pendurthi Visakhapatnam East Visakhapatnam North Visakhapatnam South Visakhapatnam West Yelamanchili
Vizianagaram	Bobbili Cheepurupalli Gajapathinagaram] Kurupam Nellimarla Parvathipuram Salur Vizianagaram Srungavarapukota
West Godavari	Achanta Bhimavaram Chintalapudi (SC) Denduluru Eluru Gopalapuram (SC) Kovvur (SC) Narasapuram Nidadavole Palakol Polavaram (ST) Tadepalligudem Tanuku Undi Unguturu

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