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{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Vizianagaram {{Small|AP-3}}
|map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Andhra Pradesh/Vizianagaram.map}}
|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| established =2008
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| reservation = None
| mp = [[Appalanaidu Kalisetti]]
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
|alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| preceded_by = [[Bellana Chandra Sekhar]]
|assembly_cons=[[Etcherla Assembly constituency|Etcherla]] [[Rajam Assembly constituency|Rajam]] [[Bobbili Assembly constituency|Bobbili]] [[Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency|Cheepurupalli]] [[Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency|Gajapathinagaram]] [[Nellimarla Assembly constituency|Nellimarla]] [[Vizianagaram Assembly constituency|Vizianagaram]]
}}
'''Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the twenty-five [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Andhra Pradesh (25)|lok sabha constituencies]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]]. As per the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (2008),'' it was formed with seven assembly segments belongs to [[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]] and [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]] districts .<ref>{{cite web |title=The Andhra Pradesh Gazette |url=https://ceotelangana.nic.in/Delimitation/02.pdf |website=Official website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana |publisher=Delimitation Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |location=Hyderabad |page=21 |format=PDF |date=22 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/postal-ballots-increase-tenfold-in-srikakulam/article27175172.ece|title=Postal ballots increase tenfold in Srikakulam|last=Rao|first=K. srinivasa|date=2019-05-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-05-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Assembly segments ==
The seven [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency are:<ref>{{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|page=30|format=PDF|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>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
!colspan=2 |Leading {{small|(in 2024)}}
|-
|7
|[[Etcherla Assembly constituency|Etcherla]]
|[[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
|[[Nadukuditi Eswara Rao]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=7}}
|rowspan="7"|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|-
|9
|[[Rajam Assembly constituency|Rajam]] (SC)
| rowspan="6" |[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|[[Kondru Murali Mohan]]
|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=4}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|-
|14
|[[Bobbili Assembly constituency|Bobbili]]
|[[R. V. Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao|R. V. S. K. K. Ranga Rao (Babynayana)]]
|-
|15
|[[Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency|Cheepurupalli]]
|[[Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao]]
|-
|16
|[[Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency|Gajapathinagaram]]
|[[Kondapalli Srinivas]]
|-
|17
|[[Nellimarla Assembly constituency|Nellimarla]]
|[[Lokam Naga Madhavi]]
|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}
|[[Janasena Party|JSP]]
|-
|18
|[[Vizianagaram Assembly constituency|Vizianagaram]]
|[[Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi]]
|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| colspan="4" |{{Center|''1967{{ndash}}2009: [[Bobbili Lok Sabha constituency|Bobbili]]''}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Ashok Gajapathi Raju|Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Bellana Chandra Sekhar]]
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[Appalanaidu Kalisetti]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
===2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Vizianagaram]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Appalanaidu Kalisetti]] |votes=7,43,113|percentage=57.20|change={{increase}}13.65}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=[[Bellana Chandra Sekhar]] |votes=4,93,762|percentage=38.00|change={{decrease}}9.49}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate= [[None of the Above]] |votes=23,250|percentage=1.79|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Bobbili Srinu|votes=10,623|percentage=0.82|change={{decrease}}0.47}}
{{Election box majority|votes=2,49,351|percentage=19.19|change={{increase}}15.27}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=13,07,632|percentage=82.19|change={{increase}}0.91}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing=
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Vizianagaram]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Bellana Chandra Sekhar]]
|votes = 578,418
|percentage = 47.49
|change = {{increase}}9.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju|Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati]]
|votes = 530,382
|percentage = 43.55
|change ={{decrease}}4.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = Mukka Srinivasa Rao
|votes = 34,192
|percentage = 2.81
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Adiraju Yedla
|votes = 15,725
|percentage = 1.29
|change = {{decrease}}9.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanyasi Raju Pakalapati
|votes = 7,266
|percentage = 0.60
|change = {{increase}}0.60
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 48,036
|percentage =3.92
|change = {{decrease}}5.62
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,24,433
|percentage = 81.28
|change = {{increase}}1.49
}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 15,03,980
|ref= }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]] : Vizianagaram<ref>[http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/vizianagaram.html VIZIANAGARAM LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT]</ref><ref name=election2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/2857-constituency-wise-detailed-result/ |title=General Election 2014 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju|Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati]]
|votes = 536,549
|percentage = 47.89
|change = {{increase}}13.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Ravu Venkata Swetha Chalapathi Kumara Krishna Rangarao
|votes = 429,638
|percentage = 38.35
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi]]
|votes = 122,487
|percentage = 10.93
|change = {{decrease}}29.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = [[None of the Above]]
| votes = 6,528
| percentage = 0.58
| change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 106,911
| percentage = 9.54
| change = {{increase}}3.60
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 112,0,316
| percentage = 79.79
| change = {{increase}}2.72
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2009 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Vizianagaram]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi]]|votes=411,584|percentage=40.36|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Kondapalli Appala Naidu]]|votes=351,013|percentage=34.42|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Kimidi Ganapathi Rao|votes=172,034|percentage=16.87|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=60,571|percentage=5.94|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,019,825|percentage=77.07|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}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/andhra_pradesh/vizianagaram/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Vizianagaram lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Vizianagaram district]]

Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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