Gajapathinagaram (Assembly Constituency)
Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Srinivas Kondapalli is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 197,474 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).
Mandals
The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
Mandal |
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Gajapathinagaram |
Bondapalli |
Gantyada |
Dattirajeru |
Jami |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | Kusum Gajapathiraju | Praja Socialist Party | |
1959 (By-poll) | Taddi Sanayasi Naidu | Independent | |
1962 | Swatantra Party | ||
1967 | Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju | Independent | |
1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
1978 | Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu | Janata Party | |
1983 | Jampana Satyanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party | |
1985 | Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Aruna Padala | Telugu Desam Party | |
1994 | |||
1999 | Taddi Sanyasi Appala Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
2004 | Aruna Padala | Telugu Desam Party | |
2009 | Botcha Appalanarasayya | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Kondapalli Appala Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | |
2019 | Botcha Appalanarasayya | YSR Congress Party | |
2024 | Kondapalli Srinivas | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | Aruna Padala | 45,530 | 47.80 | +13.37 | |
INC | Narayana Appala Naidu Vangapandu | 35,168 | 36.92 | -2.96 | |
Majority | 10,362 | 10.88 | |||
Turnout | 95,251 | 78.73 | +2.38 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Botcha Appalanarasayya | 66,670 | 44.31 | -3.49 | |
TDP | Aruna Padala | 38,996 | 25.92 | -11.00 | |
PRP | Kadubandi Srinivasarao | 35,537 | 23.62 | ||
Majority | 27,674 | 18.39 | |||
Turnout | 150,465 | 83.71 | +4.98 | ||
INC gain from TDP | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | Kondapalli Appala Naidu | 65,118 | 40.97 | ||
YSRCP | Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao | 45,694 | 28.75 | ||
INC | Appalanarasayya Botcha | 44,325 | 27.89 | ||
Majority | 19,423 | 12.22 | |||
Turnout | 159,713 | 85.46 | +1.75 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
YSRCP | Botcha Appalanarasayya | 93,270 | 54.12 | ||
TDP | Appalanaidu Kondapalli | 66,259 | 38.45 | ||
Majority | 27,011 | 12.22 | |||
Turnout | 159,713 | 85.46 | +1.75 | ||
YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing |
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | Kondapalli Srinivas | 98,051 | 54.99 | ||
YSRCP | Botcha Appalanarasayya | 72,750 | 40.8 | ||
INC | Dola Srinivas | 1,315 | 0.74 | ||
NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,729 | 2.09 | ||
Majority | 25,301 | ||||
Turnout | 1,78,313 | ||||
TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing |