Visakhapatnam West (Assembly constituency)

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Visakhapatnam West
Constituency
for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
DistrictVisakhapatnam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate236,310
Current constituency
Created2009
PartyTelugu Desam Party
MLAPethakamsetti Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu)
ReservationGeneral

Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam South, Visakhapatnam North and Gajuwaka.[2] Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu Pethakamsetti (Gana Babu) 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 236,310 electors in the constituency.[4]

Mandals[edit]

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

Mandal
Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 35 and 56 to 71

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Political party
2009 Malla Vijaya Prasad Indian National Congress
2014 P.G.V.R. Naidu Telugu Desam Party
2019 P.G.V.R. Naidu Telugu Desam Party

Members of Legislative Council from Visakhapatnam West[edit]

Political party MLC Span
YSR Congress Party Varudhu Kalyani (2021-2027)

Election results[edit]

Assembly elections 2019[edit]

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP P.G.V.Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu) 68,699 50.96
YSRCP Vijay Prasad Malla 49,718 36.88
CPI J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy 6,464 4.79
Majority 18,981 14.08
Turnout
TDP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014[edit]

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP P.G.V.R. Naidu (Gana Babu) 76,791 56.66
YSRCP Dadi Ratnakar 45,934 33.89
Majority 30,857 22.77
Turnout 135,523 59.78 -10.12
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[edit]

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Visakhapatnam West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Malla Vijaya Prasad 45,018 38.81
Praja Rajyam P.G.V.R. Naidu 40,874 35.24
TDP Gudivada Nagamani 17,775 15.32
LSP GOVARDHAN REDDI AVULA 5,502 4.82
Majority 4,144 3.57
Turnout 115,977 69.90
INC win (new seat)

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