Ichchapuram Assembly constituency

Ichchapuram
Ichchapuram
Constituency No. 1 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Ichchapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Srikakulam
Established	1951
Total electors	246,228
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ashok Bendalam
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Ichchapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam 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 Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Most Successful parties from Ichchapuram Assembly

TDP (9 Times) (56.2%)
INC (3 Times) (18.8%)
KLP (2 times) (12.5%)
Others (2 Times) (12.5%)

Ashok Bendalam 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 246,228 electors in the constituency.^[4]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).^[5]

Mandals

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

Mandals
Kanchili
Ichchapuram
Kaviti
Sompeta

Mandals in Ichchapuram Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of members who have been elected from the constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislature till date.^[6]

Year	Member
1952	Asi Neeladri Reddy	Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Uppada Rangababu Reddy	Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Kirti Chandra Deo	Indian National Congress
1967	L. K. Reddy	Swatantra Party
1972	Uppada Rangababu Reddy	Indian National Congress
1978	Bendalam Venkateswara Sharma	Janata Party
1983	M. V. Krishnarao	Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994	Dakkata Achuta Ramayya Reddy
1999	M. V. Krishnarao
2004	Naresh Kumar Agarwal	Indian National Congress
2009	Piriya Sairaj	Telugu Desam Party
2014	Ashok Bendalam
2019
2024

Election results

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Uppada Rangababu	14,565	66.28	41.57
	Independent	Harihara Patnaik	7,408	33.71	New
Majority			7,157	N/A
Turnout			21,973	N/A	N/A
	KLP hold		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kirti Deo	21,677	63.37	New
	SWA	Dakkata Pitambaru	12,527	36.62	New
Majority			9,150	26.75	10.9
Turnout			34,204	N/A	N/A
	INC gain from KLP		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	L.K. Reddy	26,571	53.24	16.62
	INC	K. Deo	20,138	40.35	23.02
	Independent	A. K. Reddy	3,201	6.41	New
Majority			6,433	12.89
Turnout			49,910	76.08
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Uppada Rangababu	26,956	52.38	12.03
	SWA	Bendalam V. Sharma	24,503	47.62	5.62
Majority			2,453	4.76	−8.13
Turnout			51,459	72.56	3.52
	INC gain from SWA		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Bendalam Sharma	34,251	56.1
	INC	La::a Swarmy	19,805	32.5	New
	INC	Uppada Rangababu	4,427	7.3
	Independent	Appadu Sahu	1,743	2.9	{New
	Independent	Manabala Ramarao	813	1.3	New
Majority			14,446	23.6
Turnout			62,585	75.2	2.64
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	M.V. Krishna Rao	28,168	47.4
	INC	Labala Rao	19,062	32.1	0.4
	LKD	Krishan Bodda	7,943	13.4	New
	BJP	Krishnamurthy Potula	2,052	3.5	{New
	Independent	Buddapu Chandramani	1,656	2.8	New
	Independent	Rama Manbala	545	0.9	New
Majority			9,106	15.3	8.9
Turnout			60,835	71.0	4.2
	TDP hold		Swing

1985

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	M.V. Krishnarao	47,333	77.9%	+30.5
	INC	Rao Labala	11,965	19.7%	−12.4
	Independent	Reddy Buddepu	872	1.4%
	Independent	Madina Ramarao	604	1.0%
Margin of victory			35,368	58.2%	+42.9
Turnout			61,818	67.8%	−3.2
Registered electors			91,224		5,504
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	M.V. Krishnarao	46,984	60.7	17.2
	INC	Buddala Trinadha	30,485	39.4	19.7
Majority			16,499	21.3	−36.9
Turnout			80,924	69.8	2.00
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Dakkata Achuta	37,859	44.6	16.1
	INC	Buddhala Trinadha	24,375	28.7	10.7
	Independent	Rao Bendalam	19,635	23.1	New
	BSP	Bisai Vedavara	1,091	1.3	{New
	Independent	Kanababu Pullata	867	1.0	New
	BJP	Rao Mohana	779	0.9	New
	Independent	Ratnala Narayana	257	0.3	New
Majority			13,484	15.9	5.4
Turnout			86,875	72.6	2.8
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	M. V. Krishnarao	44,633	51.6	7
	INC	Kumar Naresh Agrawal	40,290	46.6	17.9
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Yadav Vasulu Kollo	1,624	1.9	New
Majority			4,343	5	10.9
Turnout			89,715	68.9	3.7
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Naresh Kumar Agarwal	51,927	54.0	7.48
	TDP	Yakambari Dakkata	44,182	46.0	5.60
Majority			7,745	8.1
Turnout			96,109	73.5	7.05
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	6.54

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Piriya Sairaj	45,277	33.2	12.8
	INC	Narthu Ramarao	43,002	31.6	22.4
	PRP	Nartu Seshagiri Rao	39,256	28.8	New
Majority			2,275	1.7	6.4
Turnout			1,36,222	73.1	0.4
	TDP gain from INC		Swing	4.8

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Bendalam^[7]	86,815	54.2	21.0
	YSRCP	Narthu Rama Rao	61,537	38.4	New
	INC	Agarwal Naresh	6,582	4.1	27.5
Majority			25,278	15.7	14.0
Turnout			1,60,919	71.8	1.3
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Bendalam	79,992	47.5	6.7
	YSRCP	Piriya sairaj	72,847	43.2	4.8
	JSP	Dasari Raju	11,123	6.6	New
	INC	Kolli Eshwar Rao	2138	1.24	2.9
	BJP	J. S. V. Prasad	1826	1.1	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3880	2.25
Majority			7,145	4.14	11.57
Turnout			1,68,543	69.6	2.2
	TDP hold		Swing	5.75

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Ashok Bendalam	110,612	58.58
	YSRCP	Piriya Vijaya	70,829	37.51
	INC	Masupatri Chakravarthi Reddy	792	0.42
	NOTA	None of the above	4,374	2.32
Majority			39,783	21.07
Turnout			1,88,815
	TDP hold		Swing

References

↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
↑ "Ichchapuram Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ichchapuram Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
↑ "Ichchapuram Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Ichchapuram, Andhra Pradesh". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
↑ "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 9. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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[1] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[constituencies-2] 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 16, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[3] "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[electors-4] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[ic_ref1-5] "Ichchapuram Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ichchapuram Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[ic_ref2-6] "Ichchapuram Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Ichchapuram, Andhra Pradesh". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[eci_2014-7] "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 9. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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