Gajuwaka Assembly constituency

Gajuwaka
Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	3,10,011
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Palla Srinivasa Rao
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]

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

Year	Member	Political 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Palla Srinivasa Rao	157,703	47.16	28.89
	YSRCP	Amarnath Gudivada	62,468	18.68	5.61
	Independent	K K Pradeep	4,316	1.29
	CPI(M)	Jaggu Naidu M	3,970	1.19
		Remaining	4,354	1.30	0.97
	NOTA	None of the above	1,518	0.45	0.12
Turnout			2,34,329	70.07	5.79
Registered electors			3,34,399
Majority			95,235	28.48
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Palla Srinivasa Rao	56,642	18.27	15.19
	YSRCP	NagiReddy Tippala	75,292	24.29	1.69
	JSP	Pawan Kalyan Konidala	58,539	18.88	New
		Remaining	7,047	2.27	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1,764	0.57	0.19
Turnout			1,99,284	64.28	0.64
Registered electors			3,10,011
Majority			16,753	5.41
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Palla Srinivasa Rao	97,109	33.46
	YSRCP	NagiReddy Tippala	75,397	25.98	New
	LSP	Jampana Sridevi	3,627	1.25
	CPI(M)	Narasinga Rao CH	3,262	1.12
		Remaining	7,903	2.73
	NOTA	None of the above	1,103	0.38
Turnout			1,88,401	64.92
Registered electors			2,90,224
Majority			21,712	7.48
	TDP gain from PRP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah	50,994	33.20
	Independent	Tippala Nagi Reddy	33,087	21.54
	INC	Tippala Gurumurthi Reddy	29,547	19.24
	CPI(M)	Chandada Narasinga Rao	24,371	15.87
Majority			17,907	11.66
Turnout			153,596	69.53
	PRP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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.

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