Paderu | |
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Constituency No. 29 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
LS constituency | Araku |
Established | 1967 |
Total electors | 227,042 |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | YSRCP |
Elected year | 2024 |
Paderu is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju 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 Araku Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 227,042 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).