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Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency
Visakhapatnam South 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 South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Location of Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Visakhapatnam |
| LS constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 209,186 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | |
| Party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party but later defected to YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there were a total of 209,186 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals edit
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:[2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Visakhapatnam-II) edit
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Pothina Sanyasi Rao | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Independent | ||
| 1978 | N. S. N. Reddy | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Eswarapu Vasudevarao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Rajana Ramani | ||
| 1989 | T. Suryanarayana Reddy (Surreddy) | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Palla Simhachalam | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | Penninti Varalakshmi | ||
| 2004 | Saripalli Rangaraju | Indian National Congress | |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Visakhapatnam South) edit
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dronam Raju Srinvasa Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | |||
Election results edit
2009 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 45,971 | 35.66 | ||
| PRP | Kola Guruvulu | 45,630 | 35.40 | ||
| TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 24,208 | 18.78 | ||
| BJP | Challa Mahalakshmi | 2,128 | 1.65 | ||
| Majority | 341 | 0.26 | |||
| Turnout | 128,907 | 73.84 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2014 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 66,686 | 51.45 | ||
| YSRCP | Kola Guruvulu | 48,370 | 37.32 | ||
| Majority | 18,316 | 14.13 | |||
| Turnout | 129,613 | 65.65 | -8.19 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019 edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b (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.