Martur Assembly constituency
Martur was one of the 294 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was in Prakasam district, and was dissolved before the 2009 elections. Most of its area is now in Parchur Assembly constituency and Addanki Assembly constituency.
History of the constituency
Martur Assembly Constituency was first created for the 1955 Andhra State Assembly elections and existed until 1967, abolished in the Delimitation Act 1961. It was again reformed in the 1978 Assembly elections and existed until the 2008 delimitation. After passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976, its extent was the Martur and Kommalapadu firkas in Addanki taluk, Marella firka, Tammalur, Sankarapuram, Avisanavaripalem, Polavaram, Pedaravipad, Vempadu, Mundlamur, Malkapuram villagesin Tallur firka of Darsi taluk. It was abolished due to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 and hence was defunct as of the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.