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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Visakhapatnam West
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
| electorate = 236,310
| year = 2009
| reserved = General
| mla = Pethakamsetti Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu)
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}

'''Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Visakhapatnam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<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 North (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam North]] 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> ''Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu Pethakamsetti (Gana Babu)'' 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 236,310 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. 35 and 56 to 71
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==

{| 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
| Malla Vijaya Prasad
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| P.G.V.R. Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| P.G.V.R. Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Members of Legislative Council from Visakhapatnam West ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2" | Political party
! MLC !! Span
|-
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|YSRCP}}
|[[Varudhu Kalyani]]|| (2021-2027)
|}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[P.G.V.Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu)]]
|votes = 68,699
|percentage = 50.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Vijay Prasad Malla]]
|votes = 49,718
|percentage = 36.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy]]
|votes = 6,464
|percentage = 4.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,981
|percentage = 14.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Visakhapatnam West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[P.G.V.R. Naidu (Gana Babu)]]
|votes = 76,791
|percentage = 56.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Dadi Ratnakar]]
|votes = 45,934
|percentage = 33.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,857
|percentage = 22.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 135,523
|percentage = 59.78
|change = -10.12
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Visakhapatnam West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Malla Vijaya Prasad]]
|votes = 45,018
|percentage = 38.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[P.G.V.R. Naidu]]
|votes = 40,874
|percentage = 35.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Gudivada Nagamani]]
|votes = 17,775
|percentage = 15.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Lok Satta Party
| candidate = [[GOVARDHAN REDDI AVULA]]
| votes = 5,502
| percentage = 4.82
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,144
|percentage = 3.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 115,977
|percentage = 69.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|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 West (Assembly constituency) - Revision history

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