Vizianagaram Assembly constituency

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
Lok Sabha constituencyVizianagaram
Established1951
Total electors231,554
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2024

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]

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] 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
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

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)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju 27,404 86.21 47.01
INC Bhaganagarapu Rao 3,284 10.33 3.53
CPI J.V. Lakshmi 1,101 3.46
Majority 24,120 75.88 74.11
Turnout 31,789 53.45 38.26
PSP hold Swing

1957 by-election

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

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhattam Srirama Murthy 35,214 88.46 78.13
ABJS Vobbillisetty Rama Rao 4,591 11.53
Majority 30,623 76.93 1.05
Turnout 39,805
INC gain from PSP Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Vobbilisetty Rao 31,283 66.03 54.50
INC Bhattam Srirama Murthy 12,924 27.28 61.18
Independent R. V. Ramarao 2,471 5.22
Independent M. V. Seshachari 699 1.48
Majority 18,359 38.75 38.18
Turnout 47,377 71.34
ABJS gain from INC Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Appannadora Appasani 34,319 78.47 51.19
ABJS Prakasarao Anavilla 9,417 21.53 44.50
Majority 24,902 56.94 18.19
Turnout 43,736 56.05 15.29
INC gain from ABJS Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Ashok Gajapathi Raju 39,914 59.7
INC Appanadora Appasani 13,829 20.7 57.77
INC(I) Modili Satyam 11,760 17.6
Independent Patchipilli Dasu 1,393 2.1
Majority 26,085 38.0 18.94
Turnout 68,600 77.3 21.25
JP gain from INC Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ashok Gajapathi Raju 53,018 77.9 18.2
INC Prasadula Rama Krishna 12,626 18.6 2.1
Independent Kalavathi Boddu 1,327 2.0
Independent Palli Rao 538 0.8
Independent Velugula Narasinga 337 0.5
Independent Pusapati Raju 179 0.3
Majority 40,392 58.3 20.3
Turnout 69,323 66.6 10.7
TDP hold Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ashok Gajapathi Raju 49,963 80.1 2.4
INC Modili Srinivasa Rao 11,994 19.2 0.6
Independent Gorli Raju 424 0.7
Majority 37,969 59.7 1.4
Turnout 63,550 57.1 9.5
TDP hold Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ashok Gajapathi Raju 50,224 55.4 24.7
INC Kolagatla Veerabhadraswamy 40,477 44.6 25.4
Majority 9,747 10.4 49.3
Turnout 93,922 69.6 12.5
TDP hold Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ashok Gajapathi Raju 60,893 58.9 3.5
INC Kolagatla Veerabhadraswamy 39,682 38.6 6
BJP Bobbadi Pydiraju 1,252 1.2
Independent Dodda Padmajayanthi 339 0.3
BSP Bhupati Apparao 320 0.3
Independent Alla Nookaraju 287 0.3
Independent Bandaru Satyanarayana 125 0.1
Independent Pathange Tulasiram 117 0.1
Independent Ellapu Venkatarao 108 0.1
Independent Suryanarayana Chintapalli 72 0.1
Turnout 105,160 70.2 +0.6
TDP hold Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ashok Gajapathi Raju 59,692 53.8 5.1
INC Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy 50,261 43.5 4.9
Anna Telugu Desam Party Allu Naidu 376 0.3
RPI Arjuna Konala 331 0.3
BSP Yerramsetty Ramana 215 0.2 1
Majority 9,431 8.3 11.7
Turnout 113,393 67.4 2.8
TDP hold Swing

2004

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

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

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

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

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

References

  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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