Kuchinapudi Assembly constituency was a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India in Guntur district. It was abolished by the 2008 delimitation.
History of the constituency After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Act, 1952, the Kuchinapudi constituency was first created for the Andhra state Legislative Assembly in 1955. Its extent was Repalle taluk (excluding Repalle and Cherukupalli firkas). After the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the new Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. There is no change in the extent of constituency according to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Act, 1962. After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Act, 1976, its extent was the Kuchinapudi firka (excluding any area included in Repalle municipality) and Chodayapalem, Pedamatlapudi and Dhulipudi firkas in Repalle taluk.
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.
Overview It was a part of Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly segments, namely, Ponnur, Bapatla, Chirala, Parchur, Martur and Addanki.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party 1955 Angani Bhagavantha Rao 1962 Evuru Subbarao 1967 Angani Bhagavantha Rao 1972 Anagani Bhagavanta Rao 1978 Evuru Subba Rao 1983 Mopidevi Nagabhushanam 1985 Seetharamamma Evuru 1989 Seetharamamma Evuru 1994 Seetharamamma Evuru 1999 Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao 2004
Election results
2004
See also List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
References