Visakhapatnam South | |
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Constituency No. 22 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Visakhapatnam |
LS constituency | Visakhapatnam |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 209,186 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | |
Party | Independent |
Elected year | 2019 |
Visakhapatnam South 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]
Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party and subsequently extended support to YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there were a total of 209,186 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
Mandal |
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Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48 |
Year | Member | Political party | |
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2009 | Dronam Raju Srinvasa Rao | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party | |
2019 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 45,971 | 35.66 | ||
PRP | Kola Guruvulu | 45,630 | 35.40 | ||
TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 24,208 | 18.78 | ||
BJP | Challa Mahalakshmi | 2,128 | 1.65 | ||
Majority | 341 | 0.26 | |||
Turnout | 128,907 | 73.84 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 66,686 | 51.45 | ||
YSRCP | Kola Guruvulu | 48,370 | 37.32 | ||
Majority | 18,316 | 14.13 | |||
Turnout | 129,613 | 65.65 | -8.19 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 52,172 | 41.5 | ||
YSRCP | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 48,443 | 38.54 | ||
JSP | Gampala Giridhar | 18,119 | 14.41 | ||
Majority | 3,729 | 2.96 | |||
Turnout | |||||
TDP hold | Swing |