Paderu Assembly constituency is an
Scheduled Tribe
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reserved constituency in
Alluri Sitharama Raju district
Alluri Sitharama Raju district, also known as Alluri district and by its initials as ASR district, is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The headquarters of the district is located at Paderu. Named after Alluri Sitarama Raju, a re ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
, representing the
state legislative assembly in
India
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. It is one of the seven assembly segments of
Araku
Araku Valley is a hill station in Alluri Sitharama Raju district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, lying 111 km west of Visakhapatnam city. This place is often referred to as ''Ooty of Andhra''. It is a valley in the Eastern Ghats inha ...
(ST) (Lok Sabha constituency), along with
Kurupam (ST),
Palakonda
Palakonda is a town in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda mandal in Palakonda revenue division
Geography
Palakonda is located at . It has an a ...
,
Salur
Salur or Saluru is a municipal town and mandal headquarters in Parvathipuram Manyam district, of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Geography
Salur is on the banks of River Vegavathi at . It has an average elevation of 118 metres (387&nb ...
,
Araku Valley (ST) and
Rampachodavaram
Rampachodavaram is a census town in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Rampachodavaram mandal of Rampachodavaram revenue division. Rampachodavaram is known for its dense jungle and waterfall ...
.
''Bhagya Lakshmi Kottagulli'' is the present
MLA of the constituency, who won the
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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from
YSR Congress Party
The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth lar ...
.
, there are a total of 227,042 electors in the constituency.
Mandals
The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Paderu)
Election results
2004
2009
2014
2019
See also
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References
{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
Alluri Sitharama Raju district