Gajuwaka Assembly constituency

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Gajuwaka
Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituency Visakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors3,10,011
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Elected year 2024

Gajuwaka 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 Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency. [2]

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Palla Srinivasarao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. [3] As of 2024, there are a total of 309,326 electors in the constituency. In terms of registered number of electors, it is the largest assembly constituency in the state. [4] [5] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

There are two mandals that come under this constituency:

Mandals
Gajuwaka
Pedagantyada

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPolitical party
2009 Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Palla Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Tippala Nagireddy YSR Congress Party
2024 Palla Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 157,703 67.30
YSRCP Gudivada Amarnath 62,46826.66
Independent Kakarlamudi Krishna Pradeep4,3161.84
Majority95,235
Turnout 2,34,329
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
YSRCP Tippala Nagi Reddy 75,292 37.78
JSP Pawan Kalyan 58,53929.37
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 56,64228.42
Majority16,7538.41
Turnout 1,99,28464.28
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 97,109 51.85
YSRCP Tippala Nagi Reddy75,39740.26
Majority21,71211.59
Turnout 188,40164.98−4.55
TDP gain from PRP Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PRP Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah 50,994 33.20
Independent Tippala Nagi Reddy 33,08721.54
INC Tippala Gurumurthi Reddy 29,54719.24
CPI(M) Chandada Narasinga Rao 24,37115.87
Majority17,90711.66
Turnout 153,59669.53
PRP win (new seat)

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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. Bhattacharjee, Sumit (2 April 2019). "Pawan Kalyan faces a fight in Gajuwaka" via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "Andhrapradesh Assembly Elections 2024 - Gajuwaka". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

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