Duggirala Assembly constituency explained

Duggirala
District:Guntur
State:Andhra Pradesh
Loksabha Cons:Tenali
Established:1952
Abolished:2009
Reservation:None
Type:SLA

Duggirala was one of the 294 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh state in India. It was in Guntur district and was dissolved before the 2009 elections and most of its area is now in Tenali (Assembly constituency), Mangalagiri Assembly constituency and Repalle Assembly constituency.[1]

History of the constituency

The Duggirala constituency was first created for the Madras state Legislative Assembly in 1952.[2] After the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the new Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[3] After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Duggirala, Kollipar and Kollur firkas in Tenali taluk of Guntur district.[4]

It was not present in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[5]

Members of the Legislative assembly

ElectionMLAParty
1952A. Rami Reddy
1955Putumbaka Sriramulu
1957M.N.Rao
1962Lankireddy Lakshma Reddy
1967A. Rami Reddy
1972Bontu Gopala Reddy
1978G.Vedantha Rao
1983M.V Sivarama Krishna Reddy
1985Alapati Dharma Rao
1989Gudibandi Venkata Reddy
1994
1999
2004

Election results

1952

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former MLA Venkata Reddy passes away - Andhra Pradesh . . 1 November 2016 . 14 February 2022.
  2. Web site: The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951 . . 23 August 1951 . 13 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Seventh Amendment . Indiacode.nic.in . 2011-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170501011646/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend7.htm . 1 May 2017.
  4. Web site: The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 . . 1 December 1976 . 13 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.