Martur Assembly constituency explained

Martur
State:Andhra Pradesh
District:Prakasam
Loksabha Cons:Bapatla
Established:1978
Abolished:2009
Reservation:None
Electors: (2004)
Type:SLA

Martur was one of the 294 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, state in India. It was in Prakasam district, and was dissolved before the 2009 elections. Most of its area is now in Parchur Assembly constituency and Addanki Assembly constituency.

History of the constituency

The Martur Assembly Constituency was first Created in the 1955 Andhra State Assembly Elections and exist till 1967 and later abolished in the Delimitation Act 1961.[1] It was again reformed in the 1978 Assembly Elections and exist till 2009 . After passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Martur and Kommalapadu firkas in Addanki taluk, Marella firka, Tammalur, Sankarapuram, Avisanavaripalem, Polavaram, Pedaravipad, Vempadu, Mundlamur, Malkapuram villagesin Tallur firka of Darsi taluk..[2] Again it was Abolished due to Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[3]

Members of the Legislative assembly

YearMLAParty
2004Gottipati Ravi Kumar
1999Gottipati Narasaiah
1994Gottipati Hanumantha Rao
1989Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy
1985
1983Gottipati Hanumantha Rao
1978Jagarlamudi Chandramouli
1962Nooti Venkateswarlu
1955Bandlamudi Venkata Sivayya

Election results

1955

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1961 Delimitation Act 1972 . 9 Dec 2020 . Election Commission of India . en.
  2. Web site: The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 . . 1 December 1976 . 13 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.