Kuchinapudi Assembly constituency


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. It's extent was Repalle taluk. 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 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.