Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency

Visakhapatnam South
Constituency No. 22 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
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	209,186
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vamsi Krishna Srinivas
Party	JSP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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 Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Vamsi Krishna Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party. ^[3] As of 2019, there were a total of 209,186 electors in the constituency. ^{[4] [ needs update ]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Dronamraju Srinvasa Rao		Indian National Congress
2014	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar		Telugu Desam Party
2019
2024	Vamsi Krishna Srinivas		Janasena Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP
	YSRCP
					−−
	Remaining	"" Candidates
	NOTA	None of the above
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP
	TDP
					New
	Remaining	"" Candidates
	NOTA	None of the above
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	gain from		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC
	Remaining	"" Candidates
	NOTA	None of the above
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	gain from		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao	45,971	35.66
	PRP	Kola Guruvulu	45,630	35.40
	TDP	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar	24,208	18.78
	BJP	Challa Mahalakshmi	2,128	1.65
Majority			341	0.26
Turnout			128,907	73.84
	INC 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. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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