Gajapathinagaram (Assembly constituency)

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Gajapathinagaram
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictVizianagaram
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate197,474
Current constituency
Created2019
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAAppalanarasayya Botcha
ReservationGeneral

Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Etcherla, Bobbili, Cheepurupalli, Nellimarla and Vizianagaram.[2] Appalanarasayya Botcha is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 197,474 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[edit]

The five mandals that forms the assembly constituency are:[2] Template:Srn

Mandal
Gajapathinagaram
Bondapalle
Gantyada
Dattirajeru
Jami (Part)

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Political party
1955 Kusum Gajapathiraju Praja Socialist Party
1959 (By-Polls) Taddi Sanayasi Naidu Independent
1962 Taddi Sanayasi Naidu Swatantra Party
1967 Penumatcha Sambasivaraju Independent
1972 Penumatcha Sambasivaraju Indian National Congress
1978 Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu Janata Party
1983 Jampana Satyanarayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
1985 Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu Indian National Congress
1989 Aruna Padala Telugu Desam Party
1994 Aruna Padala Telugu Desam Party
1999 Taddi Sanyasi Appala Naidu Indian National Congress
2004 Aruna Padala Telugu Desam Party
2009 Botcha Appalanarasayya Indian National Congress
2014 Kondapalli Appala Naidu Telugu Desam Party
2019 Botcha Appalanarasayya YSR Congress Party

Election results[edit]

Assembly elections 2004[edit]

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Aruna Padala 45,530 47.80 +13.37
INC Narayana Appala Naidu Vangapandu 35,168 36.92 -2.96
Majority 10,362 10.88
Turnout 95,251 78.73 +2.38
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2009[edit]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Appalanarasayya Botcha 66,670 44.31 -3.49
TDP Aruna Padala 38,996 25.92 -11.00
Praja Rajyam Kadubandi Srinivasarao 35,537 23.62
Majority 27,674 18.39
Turnout 150,465 83.71 +4.98
INC gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 2014[edit]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Appalanaidu Kondapalli 65,118 40.97
YSRCP Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao 45,694 28.75
INC Appalanarasayya Botcha 44,325 27.89
Majority 19,423 12.22
Turnout 159,713 85.46 +1.75
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Appalanarasayya Botcha 93,270 54.12
TDP Appalanaidu Kondapalli 66,259 38.45
Majority 27,011 12.22
Turnout 159,713 85.46 +1.75
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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