Mummidivaram

Mummidi-varam is a town in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Mummidivaram revenue block was formed out of the Amalapuram tehsil in July 1969. It is the second largest town in Konaseema.GeographyMummidivaram is located at. It has an average elevation of 0 meters (3 feet).GovernanceThe town was upgraded from Gram panchayat to Nagar panchayat on 23 June 2011.PoliticsMummidivaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,89,229 registered voters as on 10.01.2012 in Mummidivaram constituency (2nd largest in East Godavari district).List of Elected Members: 1978 - Moka Sri Vishnu Prasada Rao1983 - Valtati Rajasakkubai1985 - Pandu Krishna Murthy1989 and 1994 - Battina Subba Rao1999 - GMC Balayogi and Chelli Vivekananda2004 - Pinipe Viswarupu2009 - Ponnada Satish2014 - Datla Subba Raju(Buchi Babu) Late GMC Balayogi also served as Member of Parliament for Amalapuram and was a Loksabha speaker. During his tenure the Konaseema area saw major developments and he played a key role in the construction of various bridges across the Godavari river. The people of Konaseema revere him as their hero and his statues were worshiped across the Konaseema area.