East Godavari District Profile: LS And Assembly Constituencies

Kakinada: The East Godavari district lies in the coastal Andhra region in India. Its district headquarters is at Kakinada. The 2011 census records it as the most populous district of the state with a population of 5,151,549.

The district is bounded by Vishakhapatnam on the north, on the west by West Godavari district, on the east and south by the Bay of Bengal. It has a coastline of 144 km.

East Godavari, the district with the maximum number of assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, is the bellwether district in the state. The party which gets the most number of seats in East Godavari goes to form the government in the state.

The district has three Lok Sabha constituencies - Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Amalapuram - and 19 Assembly seats. In 2014, the TDP-BJP alliance won 13 seats in the state and the YSRCP to 5.

Kakinada Lok Sabha Seat:

A general constituency, the key contest in Kakinada will be between the TDP’s Chalamalasetti Sunil, YSR Congress Party's Vanga Geetha, BJP’s Yalla Venkata Ramamohana Rao (Dorababu), and Congress’ MM Pallam Raju.

In 2014, Thota Narasimham of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) recorded a narrow victory over Sunil Chalamalasetty of the YSR Congress.

Narasimham has since joined the YSRC while Chalamalasetty shifted to the TDP.

Once a Congress stronghold, the party had won the seat between 1957 and 1980.

Its winning streak was broken by the TDP which won it in 1984, the year when it contested for the first time. However, in 2014, Narasimham’s victory was one of the narrowest with a margin of 3,431 votes.

The BJP has a weak presence and the battle is mainly between the TDP and the YSRCP.

Rajahmundry Lok Sabha Seat:

Spread across East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency, once a Congress stronghold has been the TDP bastion since 1984. The constituency is vital for the presence of industries and agriculture and aquaculture.

In 2014 elections, TDP’s Murali Mohan defeated Boddu Venkataramana Chowdary of the YSRCP while Durgesh Kandula of the Congress finished a distant third.

The constituency will see a fight between the TDP MP Murali Mohan's daughter-in-law Maganti Roopa and the YSRCP's Margani Bharat. The Jana Sena has fielded Akula Satyanarayana, who defected from the BJP.

Amalapuram Lok Sabha Seat:

The assembly seat is reserved for the SCs.

Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates

YSR Congress: Chinta Anuradha (SC)

TDP: GMC Balayogi (SC)

Jana Sena: DMR Shekhar

BJP: Ayyaji Vema Manepalli (SC)

Congress: Janga Gowtham (SC)

Chinta Anuradha, riding on a popular wave favouring the YSRCP is set to win this seat. She is also a popular social worker in her own right and enjoys goodwill on account of the reputation of her father, Krishnamurthy, as a great son of the soil here.

Assembly Constituencies:

There are 19 Assembly Seats. Here's the list of the parties and their respective candidates fighting this election.

• Amalapuram (SC) - The YSRCP has fielded a popular local leader, Viswarupu Pinipe against TDP's Ayatabathula Ananda Rao. The Jana Sena Party’s candidate here is Settibattula Raja Babu, but as in most other constituencies, the fight is between the YSRCP and TDP.
• Anaparthy - Dr Sathi Suryanarayana Reddy is the YSRCP candidate who will fight against N Ramakrishna Reddy of the TDP. Relangi Nageswara Rao is Jana Sena's candidate.
• Gannavaram (SC) - YSRCP candidate Chittibabu Kondeti is pitted against TDP's Nelapudi Stalin Babu and Jana Sena's Pamula Rajeswari
• Jaggampeta- Jyothula Chanti Babu is YSRCP candidate and he will have a face-off with TDP's Jyothula Nehru. The Jana Sena candidate from this seat is Paathamsetti Soorychandra
• Kakinada City - Dwarampudi Chandra Sekhara Reddy is the YSRCP candidate is set to win from here going by the shape of things. The TDP has fielded Kondababu. Muttha Sasidhar will fight from the Jana Sena.
• Kakinada Rural - YSRCP's Kurasala Kanna Babu is considered a likely winner. He will fight Pilli Anantha Lakshmi from this Assembly segment. Pantham Nanaji is Jana Sena's candidate.
• Kothapeta - YSRCP's Chirla Jaggi Reddy is pitted against TDP's Bandaru Satyananda Rao, while Bandaru Srinivasa Rao will be fighting from the Jana Sena Party.
• Mandapeta - Pilli Subash Chandra Bose, the veteran party leader is the YSRCP's choice here. Vegulla Jogeswara Rao will be fighting from the TDP and Vegulla Leela Krishna from Jana Sena.
• Mummadivaram - YSRCP's Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar is pitted against Datla Subba Raju of the TDP and Pithani Balakrishna, fighting on Jana Sena ticket.
• Peddapuram - Thota Vani of the YSRCP is facing a tough battle against the deputy chief minister, TDP's Nimmakayala Chinarajappa.
• Pithapuram - YSRCP's Pendem Dorababu will fight against NVVS Varma.
• Prathipadu - Purna Chandra Prasadu Parvata of the YSRCP will be fighting against TDP's DCCB chairman Varupula Raja.
• Rajahmundry City - YSRCP's Suryaprakasa Rao Routhu will witness an electoral battle between TDP's Adireddy Bhavani and Jana Sena's Atthi Satyanarayana
• Rajahmundry Rural - YSRCP's Akula Veerraju is pitted against the TDP's Gorantla Buchaiah Chowdary
• Rajanagaram - YSRCP's Jakkampudi Raja is set to win this seat as per most predictions. He will take on TDP's Pendurthi Venkatesh.
• Ramachandrapuram - In this constituency, the fight is between YSRCP's C Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna, TDP's Thota Trimurthulu, and Jana Sena's Polisetti Chandrashekar.
• Rampachodavaram (ST) - YSRCP's Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi will take on TDP's Vanthala Rajeshwari.
• Razole - In this constituency, the fight is between YSRCP's Bonthu Rajeshwara Rao, TDP's Gollapalli Surya Rao and Rapaka Varaprasada Rao.
• Tuni - The popular local leader and sitting MLA, YSRCP's Dadisetti Raja is pitted in an electoral battle between TDP's Yanamala Ramakrishnudu and Jana Sena's Raja Ashok.

The Election Commission of India had announced that Andhra Pradesh will go to polls in a single phase on April 11. Both the Lok Sabha and legislative assembly polls will be held in the state simultaneously.

The state assembly has 175 seats while Parliamentary elections will be held across 25 seats. Notably, this would be the first assembly elections in the region post-bifurcation.

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