| Paderu | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | Andhra Pradesh |
| District: | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
| Loksabha Cons: | Araku |
| Reservation: | ST |
| Mla: | Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Electors: | 227,042 |
| Established: | 1967 |
| Constituency No: | 29 |
Paderu 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.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 227,042 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal | |
|---|---|
| Paderu | |
| G.Madugula | |
| Chintapalli | |
| Gudem Kotha Veedhi | |
| Koyyuru |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Tamarba Chittinaidu | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Giddi Appalanaidu | ||
| 1983 | Tammarba Chittinaidu | ||
| 1985 | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | ||
| 1989 | Matsyarasa Balaraju | ||
| 1994 | Kottagulli Chittinaidu | ||
| 1999 | Matyarasa Manikumari | ||
| 2004 | Lake Rajarao | ||
| 2009 | Pasupuleti Balaraju | ||
| 2014 | Giddi Eswari | ||
| 2019 | Kottagulli Bhagya Lakshmi | ||
| 2024 | Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju | ||