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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Defunct Legislative Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Kankipadu<br />
|district = [[Krishna district|Krishna]]<br />
|state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
|electors = {{formatnum:121878}}<ref name=election2004/><br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada]]<br />
|established = 1951<br />
|abolished = 2008<br />
|reservation = None<br />
|map4 = <br />
|map_size = <br />
|type= SLA<br />
}}<br />
'''Kankipadu''' was one of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]].<ref name=delimitation1976/> It was in [[Krishna district]].<br />
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==History of the constituency==<br />
The Kankipadu constituency was first created for the [[Madras State]] Legislative Assembly in 1952 by the 1951 delimitation.<ref name=delimitation1951>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3968-dpaco-1951/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=23 August 1951 |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> After the passing of the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]], it became a part of the new [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend7.htm |title=Seventh Amendment |publisher=Indiacode.nic.in |access-date=2011-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501011646/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend7.htm |archive-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> After the passing of the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976'', its extent was the Kankipadu, Poranki and Vijayawada firks in Vijayawada taluk excluding vijayawada municipality of [[Krishna district]].<ref name=delimitation1976>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=1 December 1976 |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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It was not present in the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008'' and hence was defunct as of the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Election<br />
! MLA<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]<br />
| rowspan=4|[[Devineni Nehru]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br />
| Yalamanchili Nageswara Rao<br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<ref name=election2004/><br />
| Devineni Nehru<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
{{noteslist}}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kankipadu<ref name=election2004>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4053-andhra-pradesh-2004/ |title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2004 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 14 February 2022}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Devineni Nehru<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:103181}}<br />
|percentage = 54.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Gadde Rammohan rao<br />
|party = Telugu Desam Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:85656}}<br />
|percentage = 42.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:17525}}<br />
|percentage = 8.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:98789}}<br />
|percentage = 81.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:121878}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
*[[Krishna district]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Coord|16.43|80.77|display=title}}<br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Krishna district]]<br />
[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]</div>
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