Vizianagaram Assembly constituency

Vizianagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Vizianagaram
Constituency No. 18 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Vizianagaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVizianagaram
LS constituencyVizianagaram
Established1951
Total electors231,554
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2024

Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 231,554 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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Vizianagaram mandal is the only mandal that forms a part of the constituency.[2]

 
Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency
Mandal
Vizianagaram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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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

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Election results

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1952

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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram[5]
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

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1957 Madras Legislative Assembly by-election: Vizianagaram[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist B. Sriramamurty Unopposed
Margin of victory 0
Turnout
Socialist gain from PSP Swing

2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
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

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
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

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
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

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
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

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
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

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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. ^ "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Bye-election results 1952-95". www.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 January 2012.

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