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{{short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Machilipatnam
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Krishna district|Krishna]]
| electorate = {{formatnum:184506}}
| year = 2019
| reserved = General
| mla = [[Perni Venkataramaiah]]
| party = [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
}}

'''Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)''' is a constituency in [[Krishna 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|format=PDF|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Gannavaram (Assembly constituency)|Gannavaram]], [[Gudivada (Assembly constituency)|Gudivada]], [[Pedana (Assembly constituency)|Pedana]], [[Avanigadda (Assembly constituency)|Avanigadda]], [[Pamarru (SC)(Assembly constituency)|Pamarru SC]] and [[Penamaluru (Assembly constituency)|Penamaluru]].<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=21, 31|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> ''
[[Perni Venkataramaiah]] '' is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress 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> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there are a total of 184,506 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>

== Mandals ==

[[Machilipatnam mandal]] is the only mandal that forms the assembly constituency.<ref name="constituencies" />

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| [[Perni Venkataramaiah]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Kollu Ravindra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| [[Perni Venkataramaiah]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}

== Election Results==
=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Machilipatnam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Perni Venkataramaiah]]
|votes = 48,580
|percentage = 37.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Kollu Ravindra
|votes = 37,181
|percentage = 28.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = VEDAVYAS BURAGADDA
|votes = 34,124
|percentage = 27.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Machilipatnam<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituency: Machilipatnam (2014)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=194|website=Empowering India|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Kollu Ravindra
|votes = 75,209
|percentage = 53.43
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Perni Venkataramaiah]]
|votes = 59,403
|percentage = 42.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,806
|percentage = 11.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Machilipatnam<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituency: Machilipatnam (2019)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=194|website=Empowering India|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Perni Venkataramaiah]]
|votes = 66,141
|percentage = 44.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Kollu Ravindra
|votes = 60,290
|percentage = 40.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = Bandi Rama Krishna
|votes = 18,807
|percentage = 12.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,932
|percentage = 8.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 147,180
|percentage = 79.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{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 Krishna district]]

Machilipatnam Assembly constituency - Revision history

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