Visakhapatnam East
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
LS constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors272,215
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2019

Visakhapatnam East 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]

Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 271,215 electors in the constituency.[4] 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. 1 to 11 and 53 to 55

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu Telugu Desam Party
2014
2019

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi 44,233 32.03
PRP Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao 40,202 29.11
INC Appa Rao Vurukuti 38,098 27.59
LSP Jhansi Lakshmi Ravala 10,022 7.35
BJP K. Rajakumari 2,218 1.62
Majority 4,031 2.92
Turnout 138,104 68.22
TDP win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi 100,624 60.45
YSRCP Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao 52,741 31.69
Majority 47,883 28.76
Turnout 166,453 64.88 -3.34
TDP hold Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi 87,073 50.10 -10.35
YSRCP Akaramani Vijaya Nirmala 60,599 34.87 +3.18
JSP Tatarao Kona 17,873 10.28 +10.28
Majority 26,474 15.23 -13.53
Turnout 173,804 64.73 -0.15
TDP hold Swing -10.35

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1 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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