Rajampeta is a town in
Annamayya district of the Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh
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, located in the
Rayalaseema Region formed on the banks of
Cheyyeru River. The town has an average elevation of .
Rajampet is an
Assembly constituency,
Lok Sabha constituency,
Annamayya district, and a Forest Headquarters. It is located in Rajampet mandal of
Rajampeta revenue division. It is bordered by
Tirupati to the south,
Nellore to the east,
Sri Sathya Sai to the west, and
YSR district to the north.
Governance
Civil administration
Rajampet is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of area in Annamayya District (formerly Kadapa District). Rajampet was a
gram panchayat before 2005 and upgraded to
Nagar Panchayat on 2 April 2005 up to an area of and in 2017 upgraded as municipality.
It consists of 29 election wards. In 2019 this town was upgraded into a Grade II Municipality which is headed by a
Municipal Chairman and governed by a
Municipal Commissioner.
Politics
Rajampet is a
Lok sabha
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constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
since 1957 and it is a Lok Sabha constituency of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies from Andhra Pradesh in India and only one Parliamentary Constituency in the district.
Currently
P.V Midhun Reddy Member of Parliament (India)
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* Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha: Representative of the Indian nationality law, Indian citizens to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Par ...
of YSR Congress Party won from
Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency) from General elections held on 2024.
Akepati Amarnath Reddy is the present
Member of Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...
(MLA) of the Rajampet Assembly constituency for the
YSR Congress Party.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Andhra Pradesh
*
Annamayya district
References
External links
{{commons category, Rajampet
Rajampet Municipality
Villages in Kadapa district