| Pithapuram | |
| Mla: | Pawan Kalyan |
| Alliance: | NDA |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Preceded By: | Dorababu Pendem |
| State: | Andhra Pradesh |
| District: | Kakinada |
| Loksabha Cons: | Kakinada |
| Reservation: | None |
| Incumbent Image: | Shri Konidela Pawan Kalyan.jpg |
| Electors: | 229,591 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Type: | SLA |
| Constituency No: | 37 |
Pithapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kakinada 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 Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Pawan Kalyan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.[3] [4] As of 2024, there are a total of 230,188 electors in the constituency.[5] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal | |
|---|---|
| Gollaprolu | |
| Pithapuram | |
| Kothapalle |
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | R. V. Jagga Rao | ||
| 1955 | Vadrevu Gopalkrishna | ||
| 1960 (By-poll) | Peketi Thammiraju | ||
| 1962 | Rao Bhavanna | ||
| 1967 | Yalla Suryanarayanamurty | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1983 | Venna Nageswara Rao | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao | ||
| 1994 | Venna Nageswara Rao | ||
| 1999 | Veera Bhadra Rao Sangisetti | ||
| 2004 | Pendem Dorababu | ||
| 2009 | Vanga Geetha | ||
| 2014 | S. V. S. N. Varma | ||
| 2019 | Pendem Dorababu | ||
| 2024 | Pawan Kalyan | ||