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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Visakhapatnam East
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
| electorate = 272,215
| year = 2009
| reserved = General
| mla = Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}

'''Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Visakhapatnam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], representing the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Bheemili (Assembly constituency)|Bheemili]], [[Visakhapatnam South (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam South]], [[Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam North]], [[Visakhapatnam West (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam West]] and [[Gajuwaka (Assembly constituency)|Gajuwaka]].<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=17, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> ''Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi'' is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there a total of 271,215 electors in the constituency.<ref name="electors">{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

== Mandals ==
The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 1 to 11 and 53 to 55
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Visakhapatnam East ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2014
| Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Visakhapatnam East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
|votes = 44,233
|percentage = 32.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao
|votes = 40,202
|percentage = 29.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Appa Rao Vurukuti
|votes = 38,098
|percentage = 27.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =Lok Satta Party
| candidate =Jhansi Lakshmi Ravala
| votes =10,022
| percentage =7.35
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = K. Rajakumari
|votes = 2,218
|percentage = 1.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,031
|percentage = 2.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 138,104
|percentage = 68.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Visakhapatnam East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
|votes = 100,624
|percentage = 60.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao
|votes = 52,741
|percentage = 31.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 47,883
|percentage = 28.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 166,453
|percentage = 64.88
|change = -3.34
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Visakhapatnam East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
|votes = 87,073
|percentage = 50.10
|change = -10.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Akaramani Vijaya Nirmala
|votes = 60,599
|percentage = 34.87
|change = +3.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = Tatarao Kona
|votes = 17,873
|percentage = 10.28
|change = +10.28
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26,474
|percentage = 15.23
|change = -13.53
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 173,804
|percentage = 64.73
|change = -0.15
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing = -10.35
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Visakhapatnam district]]

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