Araku Valley | |
Type: | SLA |
Constituency No: | 28 |
State: | Andhra Pradesh |
District: | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
Loksabha Cons: | Araku |
Established: | 2008 |
Reservation: | ST |
Mla: | Regam Matyalingam |
Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
Electors: | 220,773 |
Araku Valley is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Regam Matyalingam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[2] As of 2019, there are a total of 220,773 electors in the constituency.[3] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
The six mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
Mandal | |
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Munchingi Puttu | |
Peda Bayalu | |
Dumbriguda | |
Araku Valley | |
Hukumpeta | |
Ananthagiri |
Year | Member | Political party | |
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2009 | Siveri Soma | ||
2014 | Kidari Sarveswara Rao | ||
2019 | Chetti Palguna | ||
2024 | Regam Matyalingam |