Visakhapatnam North
Constituency No. 23 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
LS constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors280,151
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
Elected year2019

Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam 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 the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Ganta Srinivasa Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 36 to 41, 44 to 45 and 49 to 52

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
United Andhra
2009 Vijaya Kumar Thynala Indian National Congress
Andhra
2014 Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ganta Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party
23 January 2024 - Incumbent

Vacant

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaya Kumar Thynala 49,344 34.59
PRP Dr Shirin Rahman Shaik 43,821 30.72
TDP Bharanikana Jaya 26,990 18.92
Majority 5,523 3.87
Turnout 142,643 67.81
INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 82,079 51.34
YSRCP Chokkakula Venkata Rao 63,839 39.93
Majority 18,240 11.41
Turnout 159,862 59.97 -7.84
BJP gain from INC Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ganta Srinivasa Rao 67,352 38.09 WON
YSRCP Kammula Kannaparaju 65,408 36.99
JSP Pasupuleti Ushakiran 19,139 10.82
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 18,790 10.63
NOTA None of the above 1411 0.8
Majority 1944 1.1 %
Turnout
TDP gain from BJP Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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