| Vizianagaram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 18 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Vizianagaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Vizianagaram |
| LS constituency | Vizianagaram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 231,554 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi | |
| Party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Vizianagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 231,554 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
Vizianagaram mandal is the only mandal that forms a part of the constituency.
Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency| Mandal |
|---|
| Vizianagaram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | Socialist Party | |
| 1955 | Praja Socialist Party | ||
| 1957^ | Bhattam Srirama Murthy | Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | Vobbilisetty Rama Rao | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Appannadora Appasani | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Telugu Desam Party | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy | Independent | |
| 2009 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2014 | Meesala Geetha | ||
| 2019 | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi | Telugu Desam Party | |
^by-election
Election results
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | 52,548 | 39.20% | ||
| Independent | Gudivada Appalaswamy | 16,120 | 12.03% | ||
| INC | Chinna Suryanarayana | 9,117 | 6.80% | 6.80% | |
| KMPP | Sakati Guruwala | 6,085 | 4.54% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,377 | 1.77% | |||
| Turnout | 1,34,041 | 91.71% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,46,158 | ||||
| Socialist win (new seat) | |||||
1957 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | B. Sriramamurty | Unopposed | |||
| Margin of victory | 0 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Socialist gain from PSP | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 47,444 | 40.60 | ||
| TDP | Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | 46,318 | 39.64 | ||
| INC | Gurana Sadhu Rao | 19,861 | 17.00 | ||
| Majority | 1,126 | 0.96 | |||
| Turnout | 116,857 | 64.64 | −1.23 | ||
| Independent gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | 52,890 | 38.18 | ||
| INC | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 49,608 | 35.81 | − | |
| PRP | Geetha Meesala | 28,341 | 20.46 | ||
| Majority | 3,282 | 2.37 | |||
| Turnout | 138,543 | 64.74 | +0.10 | ||
| TDP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Geetha Meesala | 77,320 | 49.82 | ||
| YSRCP | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 61,916 | 39.89 | ||
| Majority | 15,404 | 9.93 | |||
| Turnout | 155,206 | 71.87 | +7.13 | ||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 78,849 | 47.96 | ||
| TDP | Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju | 72,432 | 44.05 | ||
| JSP | Palavalasa Yasasvi | 7190 | 4.37 | ||
| Majority | 6,400 | 4 | −58.45 | ||
| Turnout | 1,62,623 | 70.09 | −2.54 | ||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju | 121,241 | 64.21 | +40.26 | |
| YSRCP | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy | 60,632 | 32.11 | −23.10 | |
| Independent | Geetha Meesala | 2,054 | 1.09 | ||
| INC | Satish Kumar Sunkari | 1,527 | 0.81 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,365 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 60,609 | 32.10 | +847.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,88,807 | 81.05 | +13.89 | ||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "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 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- "Bye-election results 1952-95". www.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 January 2012.
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