| Payakaraopet | |
| State: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Type: | SLA |
| District: | Anakapalli |
| Loksabha Cons: | Anakapalli |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Incumbent Image: | Smt. Vangalapudi Anitha.jpg |
| Constituency No: | 33 |
| Mla: | Vangalapudi Anitha |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Electors: | 240,285 |
Payakaraopet is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Anakapalli 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 Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Vangalapudi Anitha is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 240,285 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal | |
|---|---|
| Kotauratla | |
| Nakkapalli | |
| Payakaraopeta | |
| S.Rayavaram |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju | ||
| 1962 | Mande Pitchaiah | ||
| 1967 | Gantlana Suryanarayana | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Maruthi Adeyya | ||
| 1983 | Sumana Gantela | ||
| 1985 | Kakara Nookaraju | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Chengala Venkatarao | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Golla Baburao | ||
| 2012 | |||
| 2014 | Vangalapudi Anitha | ||
| 2019 | Golla Baburao | ||
| 2024 | Vangalapudi Anitha | ||