Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 17°43′N 83°15′E / 17.72°N 83.25°E / 17.72; 83.25
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Visakhapatnam North
Constituency No. 23 for the
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju
PartyBharatiya Janata party
Elected year2024

Visakhapatnam North 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]

The MLA position of the constituency lies vacant now since the resignation of the MLA, Ganta Srinivasa Rao has been accepted by the Speaker of the state's Legislative Assembly.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandal

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

Mandal
Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 36 to 41, 44 to 45 and 49 to 52

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009 Vijaya Kumar Thynala Indian National Congress
2014 Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ganta Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party
2024 Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaya Kumar Thynala 49,344 34.59
PRP 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)

2014

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

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ganta Srinivasa Rao 67,352 38.09
YSRCP Kammula Kannaparaju 65,408 36.99
JSP Pasupuleti Ushakiran 19,139 10.82
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 18,790 10.63
NOTA None of the above 1411 0.8
Majority 1944 1.1 %
Turnout
TDP gain from BJP Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 108,801 57.81
YSRCP Kammula Kannaparaju 61267 32.55
JBNP V. V. Lakshminarayana 5160 2.76
NOTA
 None Of The Above 1130 0.6
Majority 47534
Turnout 188208
Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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