Kovvur (SC)(Assembly constituency)

Kovvur (SC)
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	West Godavari
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	Yes

Kovvur Assembly constituency is a SC (Scheduled Caste) reserved constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 15 assembly constituencies in the West Godavari district. This constituency was won by Jawahar, who was supported by the TDP in 2014 general elections.

It is part of the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Rajanagaram, Rajahmundry City, Rajahmundry Rural, Anaparthy, Nidadavole, and Gopalapuram.

It is considered a stronghold of TDP, which won all the election battles here since its inception in 1983 except in 1999 when congress won with sufficient majority.K.S Jawahar is the present kovvur constituency's MLA, who won 2014 Assembly elections with 10,000 i.e.; with 51% majority votes against T.Vanitha (YSRCP). There are 1,63,295 registered voters in Kovvur constituency in 2014 elections.

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

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