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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Chirala
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]]
| electorate =
| year = 2019
| reserved = No
| mla = [[Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy]]
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
}}

'''Chirala Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Prakasam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], representing the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Vemuru (SC) (Assembly constituency)|Vemuru]], [[Repalle (Assembly constituency)|Repalle]], [[Bapatla (Assembly constituency)|Bapatla]], [[Parchur (Assembly constituency)|Parchur]], [[Addanki (Assembly constituency)|Addanki]] and [[Santhanuthalapadu (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Santhanuthalapadu]].<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=22, 31|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|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

== Mandals ==
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| Chirala
|-
| Vetapalem
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Navodaya Party}}
|-
| 2019
| [[Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|TDP}}
|}

==Election results==
===Assembly Elections 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chirala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
|votes = 73,497
|percentage = 61.93
|change = +19.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Paleti Rama Rao]]
|votes = 43,420
|percentage = 36.59
|change = -18.18
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,077
|percentage = 25.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 118,670
|percentage = 75.26
|change = +13.74
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Assembly Elections 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Chirala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]]
|votes = 56,600
|percentage = 43.63
|change = -18.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Janjanam Srinivasarao]]
|votes = 45,314
|percentage = 34.93
|change = -1.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[Paleti Rama Rao]]
|votes = 21,482
|percentage = 16.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,286
|percentage = 9.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 129,737
|percentage = 79.20
|change = +3.94
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Assembly elections 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chirala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]]
|votes = 57,544
|percentage = 37.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Pothula Suneetha]]
|votes = 47,209
|percentage = 30.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Balaji Yadam]]
|votes = 40,955
|percentage = 26.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,335
|percentage = 6.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 154,700
|percentage = 81.56
|change = +2.36
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Assembly Elections 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chirala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy]]
|votes = 83,901
|percentage = 53.27
|change = +22.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Amanchi Krishna Mohan]]
|votes = 66,482
|percentage = 42.21
|change = +15.74
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,419
|percentage = 26.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 157,511
|percentage = na
|change = na
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

{{coord missing|Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Prakasam district]]

Chirala Assembly constituency - Revision history

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