Visakhapatnam North | |
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Constituency No. 23 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Visakhapatnam |
LS constituency | Visakhapatnam |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 280,151 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata party |
Elected year | 2024 |
Visakhapatnam North 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]
The MLA position of the constituency lies vacant now since the resignation of the MLA, Ganta Srinivasa Rao has been accepted by the Speaker of the state's Legislative Assembly. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency. [4] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are: [2]
Mandal |
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Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 36 to 41, 44 to 45 and 49 to 52 |
Year | Member | Party | |
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Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist | |||
2009 | Vijaya Kumar Thynala | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2019 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
2024 | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Vijaya Kumar Thynala | 49,344 | 34.59 | ||
PRP | Dr. Shirin Rahman Shaik | 43,821 | 30.72 | ||
TDP | Bharanikana Jaya | 26,990 | 18.92 | ||
Majority | 5,523 | 3.87 | |||
Turnout | 142,643 | 67.81 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | 82,079 | 51.34 | ||
YSRCP | Chokkakula Venkata Rao | 63,839 | 39.93 | ||
Majority | 18,240 | 11.41 | |||
Turnout | 159,862 | 59.97 | −7.84 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 67,352 | 38.09 | ||
YSRCP | Kammula Kannaparaju | 65,408 | 36.99 | ||
JSP | Pasupuleti Ushakiran | 19,139 | 10.82 | ||
BJP | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | 18,790 | 10.63 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,411 | 0.80 | ||
Majority | 1,944 | 1.10 | |||
Turnout | |||||
TDP gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | 108,801 | 57.81 | +47.18 | |
YSRCP | Kammula Kannaparaju | 61,267 | 32.55 | −4.44 | |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,130 | 0.60 | −0.20 | |
Majority | 47,534 | ||||
Turnout | 1,88,208 | ||||
NDA hold | Swing |
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