Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency

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Visakhapatnam South
Constituency No. 22 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
LS constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors209,186
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant

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 the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party and subsequently extended support to YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there were a total of 209,186 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. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political party
2009 Dronam Raju Srinvasa Rao Indian National Congress
2014 Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar Telugu Desam Party
2019

Election results

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 Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli 24,208 18.78
BJP Challa Mahalakshmi 2,128 1.65
Majority 341 0.26
Turnout 128,907 73.84
INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli
JSP
INC
NOTA None Of The Above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

See also

References

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