Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency
Appearance
Visakhapatnam South | |
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Indian electoral constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Visakhapatnam |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | |
Party | Telugu Desam Party |
Elected year | 2009 |
Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam North, Visakhapatnam West and Gajuwaka.[2] Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019[update], there a total of 209,186 electors in the constituency.[4]
Mandals
The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]
S.No | Mandal Name |
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1 | Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Political Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 2009 | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | Indian National Congress |
style="background-color: Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" | | 2014 | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party |
style="background-color: Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" | | 2019 | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
Assembly Elections 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 45,971 | 35.66 | ||
PRP | Kola Guruvulu | 45,630 | 35.40 | ||
TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 24,208 | 18.78 | ||
Majority | 341 | 0.26 | |||
Turnout | 128,907 | 73.84 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
Assembly elections 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 66,686 | 51.45 | ||
YSRCP | Kola Guruvulu | 48,370 | 37.32 | ||
Majority | 18,316 | 14.13 | |||
Turnout | 129,613 | 65.65 | −8.19 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
Assembly elections 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli | 52,172 | 41.5 | ||
YSRCP | Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao | 48,443 | 38.54 | ||
JSP | Gampala Giridhar | 18,119 | 14.41 | ||
Majority | 3,729 | 2.96 | |||
Turnout | |||||
TDP hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.