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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Visakhapatnam North
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
| electorate = 280,151
| year = 2009
| reserved = General
| mla = [[Ganta Srinivasa Rao]]
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}

'''Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Vishakhapatnam 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 East (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam East]], [[Visakhapatnam South (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam South]], [[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> ''[[Ganta Srinivasa Rao]]'' 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 280,151 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. 36 to 41, 44 to 45 and 49 to 52
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Visakhapatnam 1 ==

{| 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
|-
| 1952
| [[Tenneti Viswanatham]]
| {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
|-
| 1955
| Ankitham Venkatabhanojirao
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1962
| Ankitham Venkatabhanojirao
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1967
| [[Tenneti Viswanatham]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
| 1972
| Sri M R Deen
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1978
| Sunkari Alwar Das
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1983
| Grandhi Madhavi
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1985
| Allu Bhanumathi
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1989
| Eati Vijayalaxmi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1994
| Abdul Rehman Shaik
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1999
| Kambhampati Haribabu
| {{Full party name with color|Bhartiya Janta Party}}
|-
| 2004
| Dronamraju Satyanarayana
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2006
| Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Visakhapatnam North ==

{| 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
| Vijaya Kumar Thynala
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| 2019
| [[Ganta Srinivasa Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Visakhapatnam North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Vijaya Kumar Thynala]]
|votes = 49,344
|percentage = 34.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[Dr Shirin Rahman Shaik]]
|votes = 43,821
|percentage = 30.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Bharanikana Jaya]]
|votes = 26,990
|percentage = 18.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,523
|percentage = 3.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 142,643
|percentage = 67.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Visakhapatnam North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju]]
|votes = 82,079
|percentage = 51.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Chokkakula Venkata Rao]]
|votes = 63,839
|percentage = 39.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,240
|percentage = 11.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 159,862
|percentage = 59.97
|change = -7.84
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Visakhapatnam North}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Ganta Srinivasa Rao]]
|votes = 67,352
|percentage = 38.09
|change = WON
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = KAMMILA KANNAPARAJU
|votes = 65,408
|percentage = 36.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = [[Pasupuleti Ushakiran]]
|votes = 19,139
|percentage = 10.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju]]
|votes = 18,790
|percentage = 10.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1411
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,944
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{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]]

Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency) - Revision history

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