Vizianagaram (Assembly constituency)
Vizianagaram | |
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Constituency No. 18 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Vizianagaram |
LS constituency | Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 231,554 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | YSR Congress Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
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 the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 231,554 electors in the constituency.[4] 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.[2]
Mandal |
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Vizianagaram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
^By-Poll
Election results
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Socialist | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | 52,548 | 39.20% | ||
Socialist | Gantlana Suryanarayana | 50,171 | 37.43% | ||
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-poll)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Socialist | B. Sriramamurty | Unopposed | |||
Margin of victory | 0 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Socialist gain from PSP | Swing |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | |||||
YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "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.