Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency)

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Visakhapatnam North
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictVisakhapatnam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate280,151
Current constituency
Created2009
PartyTelugu Desam Party
MLAGanta Srinivasa Rao
ReservationGeneral

Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam South, Visakhapatnam West and Gajuwaka.[2] Ganta Srinivasa Rao is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[edit | edit source]

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2] Template:Srn

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[edit | edit source]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly Visakhapatnam North[edit | edit source]

Year Member Political party
2009 Vijaya Kumar Thynala Indian National Congress
2014 Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ganta Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Elections 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaya Kumar Thynala 49,344 34.59
Praja Rajyam Dr Shirin Rahman Shaik 43,821 30.72
TDP Bharanikana Jaya 26,990 18.92
Majority 5,523 3.87
Turnout 142,643 67.81
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 82,079 51.34
YSRCP Chokkakula Venkata Rao 63,839 39.93
Majority 18,240 11.41
Turnout 159,862 59.97 -7.84
BJP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ganta Srinivasa Rao 67,352 38.09 WON
YSRCP KAMMILA KANNAPARAJU 65,408 36.99
Jana Sena Pasupuleti Ushakiran 19,139 10.82
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 18,790 10.63
NOTA None of the above 1411 0.8
Majority 1,944 1.1
Turnout
TDP gain from BJP Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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