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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Ichchapuram
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
| electorate = 246,228
| year = 2019
| reserved = General
| mla = [[Ashok Bendalam]]
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
}}

'''Ichchapuram Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Srikakulam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Electors Summary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=24 May 2019 |format=PDF |date=25 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency]], along with [[Palasa (Assembly constituency)|Palasa]], [[Tekkali (Assembly constituency)|Tekkali]], [[Pathapatnam (Assembly constituency)|Pathapatnam]], [[Srikakulam (Assembly constituency)|Srikakulam]], [[Amadalavalasa (Assembly constituency)|Amadalavalasa]] and [[Narasannapeta (Assembly constituency)|Narasannapeta]].<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=16, 30|format=PDF|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> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there a total of 246,228 electors in the constituency.<ref name="electors">{{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|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> In [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 state]] [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|assembly]] election, [[Ashok Bendalam]] was elected as an [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, representing the [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm|title=Assembly Election 2019|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074223/http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Overview==

Constituency Details of Ichchapuram (Assembly constituency):<ref name="ic ref1">{{cite news |title=Ichchapuram Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ichchapuram Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News. |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/andhra-pradesh/ichchapuram-election-result-s01a001/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |publisher=News18}}</ref>

*Country: India.
* State: Andhra Pradesh.
* District: Srikakulam district.
* Region: Coastal Andhra.
* Seat: Unreserved.
* Eligible Electors as per 2019 General Elections: 2,46,228 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:1,21,224. Female Electors:1,24,984.

== Mandals ==

The four [[Tehsil|mandals]] that forms the assembly constituency are [[Kanchili]], [[Ichchapuram]], [[Kaviti]] and [[Sompeta]].<ref name="constituencies" />

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

Following is the list of members who got elected from the constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislature till date.<ref name="ic ref2">{{cite news |title=Ichchapuram Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Ichchapuram, Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/ichchapuram.html |access-date=2 December 2021 |publisher=Elections in India}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2"|Party
|-
| 1952-55
| Neeladri Rao Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}}
|-
| 1955-62
| Uppada Rangababu
| {{Full party name with color|Krishikar Lok Party}}
|-
| 1962-67
| Kirti Chandra Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1967-72
| L. K. Reddy
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 1972-78
| Uppada Rangababu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1978-83
| Bendalam Venkateswara Sharma
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| 1983-85
| rowspan="3" | M. V. Krishnarao
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1985-89
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1989-94
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1994-99
| Achuta Ramayya Dakkata
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1999-04
| M. V. Krishnarao
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2004-09
| Naresh Kumar Agarwal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2009-14
| Piriya Sairaj
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2014-19
| rowspan="2" | [[Ashok Bendalam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019–Present
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Election results ==

=== Assembly elections 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Ichchapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Naresh Kumar Agarwal
|votes = 51,927
|percentage = 54.0
|change = {{increase}}7.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Yakambari Dakkata
|votes = 44,182
|percentage = 46.0
|change = {{decrease}}5.60
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,745
|percentage = 8.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 96,109
|percentage = 73.5
|change = {{increase}}7.05
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing = {{increase}}6.54
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Ichchapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Piriya Sairaj|votes=45,277|percentage=33.2|change={{decrease}}12.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Narthu Ramarao|votes=43,002|percentage=31.6|change={{decrease}}22.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Nartu Seshagiri Rao|votes=39,256|percentage=28.8|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,275|percentage=1.7|change={{decrease}}6.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,36,222|percentage=73.1|change={{decrease}}0.4}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}4.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Ichchapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Ashok Bendalam]]<ref name="eci_2014">{{cite web |title=The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/GE_2014/(GE,%202014)%20-%20DUE%20Constitution%20(APLA_ELECTED%20List).pdf |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=13 June 2019 |location=Hyderabad |page=9 |format=PDF |date=20 May 2014}}</ref>|votes=86,815|percentage=54.2|change={{decrease}}21.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Narthu Rama Rao|votes=61,537|percentage=38.4|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Agarwal Naresh|votes=6,582|percentage=4.1|change={{decrease}}27.5}}
{{Election box majority||votes=25,278|percentage=15.7|change={{increase}}14.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,60,919|percentage=71.8|change={{decrease}}1.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Ichchapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Ashok Bendalam]]|votes=79,992|percentage=47.5|change={{decrease}}6.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Piriya Sairaj|votes=72,847|percentage=43.2|change={{increase}}4.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jana Sena Party|candidate=Dasari Raju|votes=11,123|percentage=6.6|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=J. S. V. Prasad|votes=1826|percentage=1.1|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kolli Eshwar Rao|votes=2138|percentage=1.24|change={{decrease}}2.9}}
{{Election box majority||votes=7145|percentage=4.14|change={{decrease}}11.57}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,68,543|percentage=69.6|change={{decrease}}2.2}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing = {{decrease}}5.75
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Srikakulam district]]

Ichchapuram Assembly constituency - Revision history

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