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{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| Name = Araku
| image =
| State = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| UnionTerritory =
| Existence = 2008
| Electorate =
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| CurrentMP = [[Goddeti Madhavi]]
| CurrentMPParty = [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
| Reservation = [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]]
| SuccessfulParty = [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party|YSRCP]] (2 times)
| FormerMP =
|AssemblyConstituencies=[[Palakonda (Assembly constituency)|Palakonda]] [[Kurupam (Assembly constituency)|Kurupam]] [[Parvathipuram (Assembly constituency)|Parvathipuram]] [[Salur (Assembly constituency)|Salur]] [[Araku Valley (Assembly constituency)|Araku Valley]] [[Paderu (Assembly constituency)|Paderu]] [[Rampachodavaram (Assembly constituency)|Rampachodavaram]]
}}
{{Coord|18.3333|N|82.8667|E|display=title}}

'''Araku (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the twenty-five [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Andhra Pradesh (25)|lok sabha constituencies]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]]. As per the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (2008),'' it was formed as a reserved constituency for the [[Adivasi|Scheduled tribes]], comprising seven assembly segments.<ref name="constituency">{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |website=The Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=dead |page=30 |date=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/tdp-wand-fails-to-do-the-trick-in-visakha-agency/article27228779.ece|title=TDP wand fails to do the trick in Visakha Agency|last=Patnaik|first=Santosh|date=2019-05-24|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-05-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Assembly Segments ==

The seven [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency are:<ref name="constituency" />

{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!District
|-
|10
|[[Palakonda (Assembly constituency)|Palakonda]]
|ST
|[[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
|-
|11
|[[Kurupam (Assembly constituency)|Kurupam]]
|ST
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|-
|12
|[[Parvathipuram (Assembly constituency)|Parvathipuram]]
|SC
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|-
|13
|[[Salur (Assembly constituency)|Salur]]
|ST
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|-
|28
|[[Araku Valley (Assembly constituency)|Araku Valley]]
|ST
|[[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
|-
|29
|[[Paderu (Assembly constituency)|Paderu]]
|ST
|[[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
|-
|53
|[[Rampachodavaram (Assembly constituency)|Rampachodavaram]]
|ST
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|}

==Members of Parliament==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Kishore Chandra Deo]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Kothapalli Geetha]]
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Goddeti Madhavi]]
|}

== Election results ==
=== 2019 general elections ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Araku]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/1359-general-election-2019/|title = General Election 2019 (Excluding Vellore PC)}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = YSR Congress Party
| candidate = [[Goddeti Madhavi]]
| votes = 5,62,190
| percentage = 52.14
| change = +6.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[Kishore Chandra Deo]]
| votes = 3,38,101
| percentage = 31.36
| change = -3.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = [[None of the above]]
| votes = 47,977
| percentage = 4.45
| change = +2.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Jana Sena Party
| candidate = Gangulaiah Vampuru
| votes = 42,794
| percentage = 3.97
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = [[K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy]]
| votes = 17,867
| percentage = 1.66
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Shruti Devi Vyricherla
| votes = 17,730
| percentage = 1.64
| change = -4.15
}}

{{Election box majority
| votes = 2,24,089
| percentage = 20.78
| change = +10.78
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 10,74,538
| percentage = 74.03
| change = +2.53
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = YSR Congress Party
| swing = +6.93
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Araku]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/araku.html|title = Araku (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results - Araku Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=[[Kothapalli Geetha]]|votes=4,13,191|percentage=45.42|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Gummidi Sandhyarani]]|votes=3,21,793|percentage=35.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Kishore Chandra Deo]]|votes=52,884|percentage=5.81|change=-39.68}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Midiyam Baburao]]|votes=38,898|percentage=4.26|change=-16.94}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Kangala Baludora|votes=23,251|percentage=2.55|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Chetti Sankararao|votes=8,951|percentage=0.98|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=[[Burjabariki Dhanaraju]]|votes=8,569|percentage=0.94|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sallangi Ratnam|votes=7,688|percentage=0.85|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Biddika Ramaiah|votes=7,587|percentage=0.83|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Illa Rami Reddy|votes=5,692|percentage=0.63|change=-0.90}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Vanugu Sankararao|votes=4,614|percentage=0.51|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=16,532|percentage=1.82|change=}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91,398
|percentage = 10.04
|change = -14.25
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,09,614
|percentage = 72.92
|change = +5.91
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +25.58
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Araku]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Kishore Chandra Deo]]
|votes = 3,60,458
|percentage = 45.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Midiyam Baburao]]
|votes = 1,68,014
|percentage = 21.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Meenaka Simhachalam
|votes = 1,28,649
|percentage = 16.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jayalakshmi Shambudu
|votes = 27,758
|percentage = 3.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Lake Raja Rao
|votes = 24,331
|percentage = 3.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kurusa Bojjaiah
|votes = 23,093
|percentage = 2.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Appa Rao Kinjedi
|votes = 15,851
|percentage = 2.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Satta Party
|candidate = Vadigala Pentayya
|votes = 13,886
|percentage = 1.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Illa Rami Reddy
|votes = 12,086
|percentage = 1.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Gadugu Balayya Dora
|votes = 10,450
|percentage = 1.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Arika Gumpa Swamy
|votes = 7,791
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,92,444
|percentage = 24.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,92,367
|percentage = 67.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190406174744/https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/andhra_pradesh/araku/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Araku lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Geography of Visakhapatnam district]]
[[Category:Vizianagaram district]]

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