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Assembly constituency 26 · Andhra Pradesh

Chodavaram is assembly constituency number 26 in Andhra Pradesh, in Visakhapatnam district, and one of the segments of the Anakapalle Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju Kalidindi of the Telugu Desam won with 59.0% of the vote, 42,189 votes ahead of Karanam Dharmasri (YSRCP).

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Chodavaram · 2024AC 26
  1. 01
    Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju Kalidindi
    TDP
    1,09,651
    59.03%
  2. 02
    Karanam Dharmasri
    YSRCP
    67,462
    36.32%
  3. 03
    Jagata Srinivasurao
    INC
    2,527
    1.36%
  4. 04
    Vegi Mahalakshmi Naidu
    BSP
    1,179
    0.63%
  5. 05
    Savarala Ganesh
    CPI(ML)(L)
    676
    0.36%
  6. 1 other candidate · 397 votesNOTA · 3,849 (2.07%)

Margin 42,189 votes · 22.71% of valid votes

2,18,095
Registered electors
2024 election
85.6%
Turnout
+0.9 pts vs 2019
42,189
Victory margin
22.7% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,85,741 valid votes, NOTA included.

Chodavaram 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju KalidindiMale · 57 yrsTDP1,09,651
59.03%
2Karanam DharmasriMale · 55 yrsYSRCP67,462
36.32%
—NOTANOTA3,849
2.07%
3Jagata SrinivasuraoMale · 44 yrsINC2,527
1.36%
4Vegi Mahalakshmi NaiduMale · 51 yrsBSP1,179
0.63%
5Savarala GaneshMale · 47 yrsCPI(ML)(L)676
0.36%
6Perichrla Viveka RajuMale · 66 yrsIndependent397
0.21%
Past results

The seat changed hands: YSRCP won in 2019, TDP in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024TDP 59.0%YSRCP 36.3%INC 1.4%JSP 3.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju KalidindiTDP · 59.0% · margin 42,189Turnout85.6%
2014Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju (babu)TDP · 48.4% · margin 909Turnout84.9%
2009Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi RajuTDP · 36.1% · margin 1,385Turnout81.2%
2019Karanam DharmasriYSRCP · 53.9% · margin 27,637Turnout84.7%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Chodavaram result 2019

Chodavaram 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karanam DharmasriYSRCP94,215
53.92%
2Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi RajuTDP66,578
38.10%
3P.v.s.n.rajuJSP5,300
3.03%
—NOTANOTA5,036
2.88%
4Gunuru Venkata RaoINC1,188
0.68%
5Venkata Appalaraju GanapathirajuIndependent928
0.53%
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6Molli Venkata RamanaBJP625
0.36%
7Padavala ChakravarthyIPBP315
0.18%
8Ramachandra Rao VankayalaIndependent291
0.17%
9Golukonda SrinivasaraoJAJGP248
0.14%

Chodavaram result 2014

Chodavaram 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju (babu)TDP80,560
48.36%
2Karanam DharmasriYSRCP79,651
47.81%
3Atchuta Rao GunuruINC1,937
1.16%
4Bhupathi ApparaoBSP1,206
0.72%
5Rama Papayya Naidu JerripothulaJASPA1,089
0.65%
—NOTANOTA931
0.56%
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6Kamireddi Patru NaiduIndependent414
0.25%
7Rama Chandra Rao VankayalaIndependent403
0.24%
8K.s.sundaraoIndependent392
0.24%

Chodavaram result 2009

Chodavaram 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi RajuTDP55,641
36.13%
2Karanam DharmasreeINC54,256
35.23%
3Pinapolu VenkateswaraluPRAP35,185
22.85%
4Koneti Satya RaoIndependent2,362
1.53%
5Gullipalli NarayanamurthyLSP1,712
1.11%
6Rani Kalyana LaxmiPPOI1,652
1.07%
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7Someswara Naidu VissarapuBJP1,270
0.82%
8Nandikolla Muthyala RaoBSP1,221
0.79%
9Kamireddi Pathru NaiduIndependent695
0.45%
Map

Chodavaram outlined in orange among the other Andhra Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Visakhapatnam district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TDPJSPYSRCPBJPINCOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Chodavaram is one of the assembly segments of Anakapalle. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Anakapalle candidates.

  • C.m.rameshBJP1,02,363 57.5%
  • Budi Mutyala NaiduYSRCP67,369 37.9%
  • Palaka Sreerama MurthyBSP3,109 1.7%
  • Vegi VenkateshINC2,652 1.5%
  • Vankayala Ramachandra RaoIndependent407 0.2%

In the assembly election TDP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 34,994 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Chodavaram.

Who won the Chodavaram assembly seat in 2024?

Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju Kalidindi of the Telugu Desam (TDP) won Chodavaram in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh assembly election with 1,09,651 votes, which was 59.03% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Chodavaram?

The margin was 42,189 votes (22.71% of valid votes). The runner-up was Karanam Dharmasri of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party with 67,462 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Chodavaram in 2024?

Turnout was 85.58%: 1,86,649 of 2,18,095 registered electors voted, across 243 polling stations. That is 0.9 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Chodavaram part of?

Chodavaram is an assembly segment of the Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, C.m.ramesh got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Chodavaram a reserved constituency?

No. Chodavaram is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Chodavaram?

The Andhra Pradesh assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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