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Srikakulam (Assembly Constituency)
Srikakulam Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency, along with Ichchapuram, Palasa, Tekkali, Pathapatnam, Amadalavalasa and Narasannapeta. , there are a total of 255,177 electors in the constituency. In the 2019 state assembly elections, Dharmana Prasada Rao was elected as the MLA of the constituency, representing the YSR Congress Party.'''' Mandals The two mandals that form the assembly constituency are Srikakulam and Gara. Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 1952 Assembly Elections 2004 Assembly elections 2009 Assembly elections 2014 Assembly elections 2019 See also * List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh currently has 175 constituencies out of which 29 constituencies are reserved ...
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Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-past-the-post system. The duration of the Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, unless it is decided to dissolve the Assembly sooner. The Legislative Assembly's main functions include legislation, overseeing of administration, passing the budget, and airing public grievances. The assembly is Bicameral and holds three sessions annually: one for Budget, Monsoon and Winter. The Legislative Assembly took up residence in the interim Legislative Assembly Building in Amaravati beginning in the 2016 Budget session. The new building has systems for automatic speech translation and automatic vote recording. History The Andhra Legislative Assembly was constituted after the formation of Andhra State on 1 October 1953. ...
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Dharmana Prasada Rao
Dharmana Prasada Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Srikakulam. He is the Minister of Roads and Buildings (R&B) and a former Revenue minister of Andhra Pradesh. Political career Dharmana Prasada Rao is a politician and state leader of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) from Srikakulam district. Dharmana Prasada Rao won 5 terms as an MLA from Srikakulam Assembly Constituency, including the 2019 election. He has served as Textiles, Sports, and Water Resource Minister in the cabinet of Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy. He served as revenue ,minister in the cabinet of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy. He also served as Roads and Buildings Minister in the cabinet of N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He reached his current position from the position of Village councilor (Sarpanch). In August 2012, he resigned from the cabinet ministry following a chargesheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation ...
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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The Telugu Desam Party led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the rump Andhra Pradesh, while Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by K. Chandrashekar Rao won in the new state of Telangana. Previous Assembly In the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had taken the lead, winning 156 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the government by Governor N. D. Tiwari. Unexpectedly, the Government lasted for 4 years 9 months, and the president rule was imposed later which expired on 30 May 2014. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general election. The ...
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2009 Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Elections
The United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state in the first phase (2009-04-16) and the second phase (2009-04-23). The results were declared on 2009-05-16. The incumbent Indian National Congress retained power in the United Andhra Pradesh State Assembly lower house, though with a reduced majority. The Congress Legislature party re-elected incumbent Chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy as its leader thus re-nominating him to the post. Previous Assembly In the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners Left Front and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) also did well, winning 15 and 26 seats respectively, taking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) tally to 226. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was ...
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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
In the 2004 United Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the Congress had swept the state, winning 185 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. The Congress' pre-poll alliance partners CPI, CPI(M) and TRS also did well winning 15 and 26 seats respectively, taking the UPA tally to 226. As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was invited to form the Government by Governor S.S. Barnala. Expectedly, the Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ... lasted the full term of 5 years and the tenure of the Legislative Assembly was due to expire on 30 May 2009. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to hold the Assembly elections along with the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the ...
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Srikakulam
Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census,. it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaani Peta, Nagari Peta, Jagati Metta, Singupuram etc. in Srikakulam District. The Buddhist heritage site of Salihundam has some unique features. It has a beautiful star atop a stupa, rock cut massive stupaas inside chaitya grihas, brick stupas with wheel pattern plan, votive stupas, inscriptions on the steps leading to the stupas and museum housing over two dozen sculpted statue and figurines of Buddha, Jain Teerthankars and other deities Etymology The city was known as ''Chicacole'' before Indian Independence. History Srikakulam or Chicacole is of great historical significance in the medieval and later history of Kalinga. The earliest history of Srikakulam dates back to the ages of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. It falls under the d ...
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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
The first legislative assembly Election to the Madras state based on universal adult suffrage was held in March 1952. This was the first election held in Madras state after the Indian Independence. This election was officially known as the 1951 Madras State Election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952. No single party obtained a simple majority to form an independent Government. C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) of the Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister after a series of re-alignments among various political parties and Independents. The Telugu speaking regions of Madras State split to form the Andhra state in 1953, leading to the consolidation of the non-Brahmin Congress faction under the leadership of K. Kamaraj. Faced with internal dissent and heavy opposition to his Hereditary education policy, Rajaji resigned in 1954. In the ensuing leadership struggle, Kamaraj defeated Rajaji's chosen successor C. Subramaniam and became ...
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Tangi Satyanarayana
Tangi Satyanarayana ( te, తంగి సత్యనారాయణ) (1931 – 25 October 2009) was an Indian politician. He was elected as an Independent candidate from Srikakulam in 1967. Later he joined the Telugu Desam Party and was reelected in 1983 under the leadership of N. T. Rama Rao. He served as the Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha, the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 18 January 1983 to 28 August 1984 during the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government. After the fall of N. T. Rama Rao's government, he joined with Nadendla Bhaskara Rao and subsequently, was made revenue minister for a brief period. Satyanarayana died on 25 October 2009, in his native village of Killipalem in Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the si ... following a lo ...
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Srikakulam Mandal
Srikakulam mandal is one of the 38 mandals in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Srikakulam revenue division and the headquarters are located at Srikakulam. The mandal is bounded Amudalavalasa, Etcherla and Gara mandals. A portion of it lies on the banks of Vamsadhara River and Bay of Bengal. Administration The mandal is administered by a Tahsildar and the present tahsildar is ''Ch.Sattibabu''. Towns and villages census, the mandal has 28 settlements. It includes 2 town, 1 out growth and 25 villages. The settlements in the mandal are listed below: # Alikam # Arasavilli (R) (OG) # Balaga (CT) # Balivada # Batteru # Byri # Byrivanipeta # Gudem # Ippili # Kallepalle # Karajada # Lankam # Lingalavalasa # Mofusbandar # Naira # Pathasrikakulam (R) (Part) # Patrunivalasa(Part) # Peddapadu # Ponnam # Ragolu # Ragolupeta # Sanivada # Silagamsingivalasa # Singupuram # Srikakulam (M) † # Thandemvalasa # Vakalavalasa # Vo ...
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Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as '' pargana'' (''pergunnah'') and ''thana''. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the system of tehsils. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system. In West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. As an entity of local government, the tehsil office (panchayat samiti) exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate execu ...
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Member Of Legislative Assembly (India)
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become a Speaker of the Legislature. In ...
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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 for constituting the fifteenth Legislative Assembly in the state. They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election. The YSR Congress Party won the election in a landslide, winning 151 of the 175 seats, with the incumbent Telugu Desam Party winning just 23. The Jana Sena Party entered the legislature with one seat, while the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win any seats. YSRCP's 151-seat win (or 86%) is the largest majority government (in % terms) in the history of Andhra Pradesh, even surpassing TDP's 226-seat victory (or 77%) and equal if number of seats contested is only considered (216 out of 251) in the Undivided 1994 election Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was unanimously voted as Legislature leader of the YSR Congress Party, and was invited to form the government by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, E. S. L. Narasimhan. Thi ...
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