Achanta Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India

Achanta
Constituency No. 56 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Achanta Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	West Godavari
LS constituency	Narasapuram
Established	1962
Total electors	174,229
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satyanarayana Pithani
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Achanta Assembly constituency is a constituency in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Satyanarayana Pithani is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 174,229 electors in the constituency.^[4]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1962, as per the Delimitation Orders (1962).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[2]

Mandal
Penugonda
Achanta
Penumantra
Poduru (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1962	Paddala Syamasundra Rao	Communist Party of India
1967	D. Perumallu	Indian National Congress
1972	Gottimukkala Venkanna	Indian National Congress
1978	Kota Dhana Raju	Indian National Congress (I)
1983	Kota Bhaskara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Chittaranjan Alugu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989	Digupati Raja Gopal
1994	Digupati Raja Gopal
1999	Johar Mocharla	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Peethala Sujatha	Telugu Desam Party}
2009	Satyanarayana Pithani	Indian National Congress
2014	Satyanarayana Pithani	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju	YSR Congress Party
2024	Satyanarayana Pithani	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Peethala Sujatha	46,670	49.94	−9.53
	INC	Anand Prakash Chellem	41,029	43.91	+9.97
Majority			5,641	6.03
Turnout			93,448	74.98	+7.57
	TDP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Satyanarayana Pithani	54,903	46.24	+2.33
	TDP	Karri Radha Krishna Reddy	39,148	32.97	−16.07
	PRP	Kudupudi Srinivasa Rao	16,770	14.12
Majority			15,755	13.27
Turnout			118,745	83.40	+8.42
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Satyanarayana Pithani	63,549	48.66
	YSRCP	Mudnuri Prasad Raju	59,629	45.66
Majority			3,920	3.00
Turnout			130,599	81.82	−1.58
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju	66,494	47.92
	TDP	Satyanarayana Pithani	53,608	38.64
	JSP	Javvadhi Venkata Vijayaram	13,993	10.09
Majority			12,886	9.29
Turnout			138,747	79.63	−2.19
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Achanta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Satyanarayana Pithani	85,402	56.73
	YSRCP	Cherukuvada Sri Ranganadha Raju	58,848	39.09
	INC	Nekkanti Venkata Satyanarayana	1,872	1.24
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,673	1.11
Majority			26,554	17.63
Turnout			1,50,541
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

References

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 19, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Achanta Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.