Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency

Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency is a constituency in NTR 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 Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Vijayawada Central
Constituency No. 80 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictNTR
LS constituencyVijayawada
Established2008
Total electors2,77,724
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Elected year2024

Bonda Umamaheswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3][4] As of 2019, there are a total of 269,859 electors in the constituency.[5][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Vijayawada Urban mandal (Part)
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 14, 20 to 31, 33 to 35, 42 to 44, 49, 77 and 78)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
2009 Malladi Vishnu Indian National Congress
2014 Bonda Umamaheswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Malladi Vishnu YSR Congress Party
2024 Bonda Umamaheswara Rao Telugu Desam Party

Election results

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2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Bonda Umamaheswara Rao 130,034 63.52
YSRCP Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao 61,148 29.87
CPI(M) Chigurupati Babu Rao 4,887 2.39
NOTA None of the above 951 0.46
Majority 68,886 33.65
Turnout 2,04,717
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Malladi Vishnu 70,721 39.73 +7.17
TDP Bonda Umamaheswara Rao 70,696 39.71 −8.79
CPI Chigurupati Babu Rao 29,333 16.48
BJP Sree Satya murthy vamaraju 2567 1.44
NOTA None of the above 1016 0.57 N/A
Majority 25 0.02
Turnout 1,78,013 65.95
Registered electors 269,912
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Bonda Umamaheswara Rao 82,669 48.50
YSRCP P. Gowtham Reddy 55,508 32.56
Majority 27,161 15.93
Turnout 170,463 65.81
Registered electors 259,001
TDP gain from INC Swing

2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Malladi Vishnu 52,426 33.14%
PRP Vangaveeti Radha Krishna 51,578 32.60%
CPI(M) Babu Rao Chigurupati 38,273 24.19%
Margin of victory 848 0.54%
Turnout 158,267 70.71%
Registered electors 223,822
INC win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  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. 21, 31. 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. ^ "Nine lost polls by narrow margin as Jana Sena front, BJP play spoilsport". The New Indian Express. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Vijayawada East Assembly 2019 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. ^ "AP 2019 Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Vijayawada East Assembly 2014 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  9. ^ "2014 AP Assembly Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  10. ^ "2009 AP Assembly Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

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