Pedana Assembly constituency

Pedana
Pedana
Constituency No. 74 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Pedana Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna
LS constituency	Machilipatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	1,65,987
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kagitha Krishna Prasad
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Pedana Assembly constituency is a constituency in Krishna 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 Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Kagitha Krishna Prasad 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 1,65,987 electors in the constituency.^[4]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency are:^[2]

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Kagitha Krishna Prasad	91,394	60.95
	YSRCP	Uppala Ramesh (Ramu)	53,271	35.52
	INC	Sonti Nagaraju	1394	0.9
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1349	0.9
Majority			38,123	25.43
Turnout			1,49,961	90.34
	TDP hold		Swing

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Jogi Ramesh	61,920	42.46%
	TDP	Kagitha Krishnaprasad	54,081	37.08%
	JSP	Ankem Lakshmi Srinivas	25,733	17.64%
Majority			7,839	5.38%
Turnout			145848	87.76
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kagitha Venkata Rao	71,779	53.00
	YSRCP	Buragadda Vedavyas	58,085	42.89
Majority			13,694	10.11
Turnout			135,442	88.50	+2.52
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pedana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jogi Ramesh	44,480	35.17
	TDP	Kagitha Venkata Rao	43,045	34.22
	PRP	Myla Veeraju	29,172	23.06
Majority			1,192	0.95
Turnout			126,484	85.98
	INC win (new seat)

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Pedana Assembly Election Results 2024: Pedana Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.