| Martur | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Prakasam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bapatla |
| Established | 1978 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
| Total electors | 142,411 (2004)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
Martur was one of the 294Legislative Assembly constituencies ofAndhra Pradesh inIndia. It was inPrakasam district, and was dissolved before the 2009 elections. Most of its area is now inParchur Assembly constituency andAddanki Assembly constituency.
Martur Assembly Constituency was first created for the 1955 Andhra State Assembly elections and existed until 1967, abolished in the Delimitation Act 1961.[2] It was again reformed in the 1978 Assembly elections and existed until the 2008 delimitation. After passing of theDelimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Martur and Kommalapadu firkas in Addanki taluk, Marella firka, Tammalur, Sankarapuram, Avisanavaripalem, Polavaram, Pedaravipad, Vempadu, Mundlamur, Malkapuram villagesin Tallur firka of Darsi taluk.[3] It was abolished due to theDelimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[4]
| Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Gottipati Ravi Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | Gottipati Narasaiah | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1994 | Gottipati Hanumantha Rao | Independent politician | |
| 1989 | Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1983 | Gottipati Hanumantha Rao | ||
| 1978 | Jagarlamudi Chandramouli | Janata Party | |
| 1962 | Nooti Venkateswarlu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1955 | Bandlamudi Venkata Sivayya | Krishikar Lok Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gottipati Ravi Kumar | 64,983 | 55.31% | ||
| TDP | Gottipati Narsaiah | 51,177 | 43.56% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,806 | 11.75% | |||
| Turnout | 117,492 | 82.48% | |||
| Registered electors | 142,477 | ||||
| INCgain fromTDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gottipati Narsaiah | 73,422 | 67.35% | ||
| INC | Narra Seshagiri Rao | 33,763 | 30.97% | ||
| Margin of victory | 39,659 | 36.38% | |||
| Turnout | 111,021 | 69.54% | |||
| Registered electors | 161,988 | ||||
| TDPgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Gottipati Hanumnatha Rao | 55,482 | 51.36% | ||
| INC | Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy | 46,349 | 42.91% | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,133 | 8.45% | |||
| Turnout | 109,473 | 79.97% | |||
| Registered electors | 136,889 | ||||
| Independentgain fromTDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy | 60,226 | 54.13% | ||
| INC | Gottipati Hanumantha Rao | 50,101 | 45.03% | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,125 | 9.10% | |||
| Turnout | 114,778 | 75.87% | |||
| Registered electors | 151,283 | ||||
| TDPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy | 51,138 | 56.83% | ||
| INC | Kandimalla Subba Rao | 37,840 | 42.06% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,298 | 14.78% | |||
| Turnout | 91,261 | 71.63% | |||
| Registered electors | 127,404 | ||||
| TDPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Gottipati Hanumantha Rao | 41,846 | 54.91% | ||
| INC | Kandimalla Butchaiah | 33,352 | 43.76% | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,494 | 11.14% | |||
| Turnout | 77,476 | 73.40% | |||
| Registered electors | 105,558 | ||||
| TDPgain fromJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Jagarlamudi Chandramouli | 39,067 | 51.36% | ||
| INC(I) | Kandimalla Butchaiah | 27,963 | 36.76% | ||
| INC | Kavuri Venkateswarlu | 8,203 | 10.78% | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,104 | 14.60% | |||
| Turnout | 77,644 | 77.40% | |||
| Registered electors | 100,314 | ||||
| JPwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nooti Venkateswarlu | 17,974 | 40.04% | ||
| Kandimalla Butchaiah | 16,141 | 35.95% | |||
| Margin of victory | 1,833 | 4.08% | |||
| Turnout | 46,787 | 63.72% | |||
| Registered electors | 73,428 | ||||
| INCgain fromKLP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLP | Bandlamudi Venkatasivayya | 24,419 | 60.53% | ||
| CPI | Pedavalli Sriramulu | 15,926 | 39.47% | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,493 | 21.05% | |||
| Turnout | 40,345 | 62.58% | |||
| Registered electors | 64,469 | ||||
| KLPwin (new seat) | |||||