Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency
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Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Visakhapatnam South | |
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Constituency No. 22 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Visakhapatnam |
LS constituency | Visakhapatnam |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 209,186 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Vacant |
Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party and subsequently extended support to YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there were a total of 209,186 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals edit
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
Mandal |
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Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
Year | Member | Political party | |
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2009 | Dronam Raju Srinvasa Rao | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party | |
2019 |
Election results edit
2009 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 45,971 | 35.66 | ||
PRP | Kola Guruvulu | 45,630 | 35.40 | ||
TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 24,208 | 18.78 | ||
BJP | Challa Mahalakshmi | 2,128 | 1.65 | ||
Majority | 341 | 0.26 | |||
Turnout | 128,907 | 73.84 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
2014 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 66,686 | 51.45 | ||
YSRCP | Kola Guruvulu | 48,370 | 37.32 | ||
Majority | 18,316 | 14.13 | |||
Turnout | 129,613 | 65.65 | -8.19 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
2019 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 52,172 | 41.5 | ||
YSRCP | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 48,443 | 38.54 | ||
JSP | Gampala Giridhar | 18,119 | 14.41 | ||
Majority | 3,729 | 2.96 | |||
Turnout | |||||
TDP hold | Swing |
2024 edit
Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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JSP | Vamsi Krishna Srinivas Yadav | ||||
YSRCP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | ||||
INC | GANGIREDLA VEERA VENKATA HARIKA | ||||
NOTA | None Of The Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.