Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India

Anantapur Urban
Constituency No. 153 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anantapur
LS constituency	Anantapur
Established	2008
Total electors	255,682
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Anantapur Urban Assembly constituency is a constituency in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency.

Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[1] As of 2019, there are a total of 255,682 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
2009	Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy	Indian National Congress
2012	Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2014	V Prabhakar Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2024	Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B Gurunatha Reddy	45,275	39.03
	TDP	Mahalakshmi Sreenivasulu	32,033	27.61
	PRP	T J Prakash	28,489	24.56
Majority			13,242	13.42
Turnout			116,008	50.47
	INC win (new seat)

2012

2012 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Anantpur Urban
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy	65,711	52.90
	TDP	M. Sreenivasulu	40,980	32.98
Majority
Turnout
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	V Prabhakar Chowdary	74,704	48.07
	YSRCP	B Gurunatha Reddy	65,370	42.06
Majority			9,334	6.01
Turnout			155,417	61.50	+11.03
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	88,704	53.71%
	TDP	V Prabhakar Chowdary	60,006	36%
	JSP	T. C. Varun	10,920	7%
Majority			28,698	17.37%
Turnout			1,65,141		+3.08%
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Anantapur Urban
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Daggupati Venkateswara Prasad	1,03,334	54.51
	YSRCP	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	80,311	42.36
	CPI	C. Jaffer	2,838	1.50
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,379	0.73
Majority			23,023
Turnout			1,89,575
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing