Alur Assembly constituency

Alur
Constituency No. 147 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Alur Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKurnool
LS constituencyKurnool
Established1955
Total electors236,098
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  YSRCP
Elected year2024

Alur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency.

Busine Virupakshi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[1] As of 2019, there are a total of 235,064 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

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Mandal
Devanakonda
Holagunda
Halaharvi
Alur
Aspari
Chippagiri

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
1955 H. Ramalingareddy Indian National Congress
1962 D. Lakshmikantha Reddy Indian National Congress
1967 D. Govindadass Swatantra Party
1972 P. Rajaratna Rao Indian National Congress
1978 Masala Eranna
1983 K. Basappa Telugu Desam Party
1985 Masala Eranna Indian National Congress
1987 by-election M.Rangaiah Telugu Desam Party
1989 Gudlannagari Loknath Indian National Congress
1994 Masala Eranna Telugu Desam Party
1999 Moolinti Mareppa Indian National Congress
2004
2009 Patil Neeraja Reddy
2014 Gummanur Jayaram YSR Congress Party
2019
2024 Busine Virupakshi

Election results

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2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Moolinti Mareppa 39,469 49.10 −6.47
TDP Masala Padmaja 36,332 45.20 +2.19
Majority 3,137 3.90
Turnout 80,385 60.66 −0.78
INC gain from TDP Swing

2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Patil Neeraja Reddy 42,621 30.86 −18.24
PRP Gummanuru Jayaram 37,275 26.99
CPI K.Ramakrishna 27,748 20.09
Majority 5,346 3.87
Turnout 138,092 70.25 +9.59
INC hold Swing

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Gummanur Jayaram 69,466 41.66
TDP B.Veerabhadra Gowd 67,547 40.51
Majority 1,919 1.15
Turnout 166,743 76.17 +5.92
YSRCP gain from INC Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Gummanur Jayaram 107,101 56.57 +14.91
TDP Kotla Sujathamma 67,205 35.50 −5.01
Majority 39,896 21.20
Turnout 188,194 79.71 +3.54
YSRCP hold Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Busine Virupakshi 100,264 47.65
TDP B.Veerabhadra Gowd 97,433 46.30
INC Naveen Kishor Arakatla 5,772 2.74
NOTA None Of The Above 2,634 1.25
Majority 2,831 1.35
Turnout 2,10,429
YSRCP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ The Indian Express (17 April 2023). "Former Andhra Pradesh MLA Neeraja Reddy succumbs to injuries after road accident". Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

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