Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency

Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency 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 the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Visakhapatnam West
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
LS constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors236,310
ReservationGeneral
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAPethakamsetti Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu)
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2019

Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu Pethakamsetti (Gana Babu) is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 236,310 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are: Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 35 and 56 to 71, of the Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party
2009 Malla Vijaya Prasad Indian National Congress
2014 P. G. V. R. Naidu Telugu Desam Party
2019

Election results

2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Malla Vijaya Prasad 45,018 38.81
PRP P.G.V.R. Naidu 40,874 35.24
TDP Gudivada Nagamani 17,775 15.32
LSP Govardhan Reddi Avula 5,502 4.82
Majority 4,144 3.57
Turnout 115,977 69.90
INC win (new seat)

2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP P.G.V.R. Naidu (Gana Babu) 76,791 56.66
YSRCP Dadi Ratnakar 45,934 33.89
Majority 30,857 22.77
Turnout 135,523 59.78 -10.12
TDP gain from INC Swing

2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP P.G.V.Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu) 68,699 50.96
YSRCP Vijay Prasad Malla 49,718 36.88
CPI J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy 6,464 4.79
Majority 18,981 14.08
Turnout
TDP hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "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 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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