Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency

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 Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Visakhapatnam North
Constituency No. 23 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
LS constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors280,151
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year2024

Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janata Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.[3][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandal

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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

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Year Member Party
Until 2008: 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

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2009

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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

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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

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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 1,411 0.80
Majority 1,944 1.10
Turnout
TDP gain from BJP Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju 108,801 57.81 +47.18
YSRCP Kammula Kannaparaju 61,267 32.55 −4.44
NOTA None Of The Above 1,130 0.60 −0.20
Majority 47,534 15.26 +14.16
Turnout 1,88,208
BJP gain from TDP Swing

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. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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