Ichchapuram Assembly constituency

Ichchapuram
Ichchapuram
Constituency No. 1 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Ichchapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
LS constituency	Srikakulam
Established	1951
Total electors	246,228
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ashok Bendalam
Party	TDP
Elected year	2019

Ichchapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.^[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Ashok Bendalam is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 246,228 electors in the constituency.^[4] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).^[5]

Mandals

The four mandals that form the assembly constituency.^[2]

Mandals in Ichchapuram Assembly constituency

Following is the list of members who got elected from the constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislature till date.^[6]

Year	Member
1952	Neeladri Rao Reddy	Krishikar Lok Party
1955	Uppada Rangababu	Krishikar Lok Party
1962	Kirti Chandra Deo	Indian National Congress
1967	L. K. Reddy	Swatantra Party
1972	Uppada Rangababu	Indian National Congress
1978	Bendalam Venkateswara Sharma	Janata Party
1983	M. V. Krishnarao	Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994	Achuta Ramayya Dakkata
1999	M. V. Krishnarao
2004	Naresh Kumar Agarwal	Indian National Congress
2009	Piriya Sairaj	Telugu Desam Party
2014	Ashok Bendalam
2019
2024

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KLP	Neeladri Rao Reddy	9,246	24.71%
	Independent	Harihara Patnaik	7,579	20.26%
	INC	Modekunti Kameswara Rao	7,501	20.05%	20.05%
	Independent	G. Padmanabham Dora	6,746	18.03%
	Independent	Dakkata Ramaswamy	6,345	16.96%
Margin of victory			1,667	4.46%
Turnout			37,417	59.25%
Registered electors			63,149
	KLP win (new seat)

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Naresh Kumar Agarwal	51,927	54.0	7.48
	TDP	Yakambari Dakkata	44,182	46.0	5.60
Majority			7,745	8.1
Turnout			96,109	73.5	7.05
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	6.54

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Piriya Sairaj	45,277	33.2	12.8
	INC	Narthu Ramarao	43,002	31.6	22.4
	PRP	Nartu Seshagiri Rao	39,256	28.8	New
Majority			2,275	1.7	6.4
Turnout			1,36,222	73.1	0.4
	TDP gain from INC		Swing	4.8

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Bendalam^[7]	86,815	54.2	21.0
	YSRCP	Narthu Rama Rao	61,537	38.4	New
	INC	Agarwal Naresh	6,582	4.1	27.5
Majority			25,278	15.7	14.0
Turnout			1,60,919	71.8	1.3
	TDP hold		Swing

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Bendalam	79,992	47.5	6.7
	YSRCP	Piriya Sairaj	72,847	43.2	4.8
	JSP	Dasari Raju	11,123	6.6	New
	INC	Kolli Eshwar Rao	2138	1.24	2.9
	BJP	J. S. V. Prasad	1826	1.1	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3880	2.25
Majority			7,145	4.14	11.57
Turnout			1,68,543	69.6	2.2
	TDP hold		Swing	5.75

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ichchapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Ashok Bendalam	110,612	58.58
	YSRCP	Piriya Vijaya	70,829	37.51
	INC	Masupatri Chakravarthy Reddy	792	0.42
	NOTA	None Of The Above	4374	2.32
Majority			39,783
Turnout			1,88,815
	TDP hold		Swing