Vijayawada West (Assembly Constituency)
Vijayawada West Assembly constituency is a constituency in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.
Sujana Chowdary is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janata Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 232,555 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).
Mandals
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
| Mandal |
|---|
| Vijayawada Urban mandal (Part) |
| Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 1 to 13, 15 to 19, 75 and 76) |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Marupilla Chitti | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Asib Pasha | ||
| 1978 | Pothina Chinna | ||
| 1983 | B. S. Jayaraju | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1985 | Uppalapati Ramachandra Raju | Communist Party of India | |
| 1989 | M. K. Baig | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Kakarlapudi Subba Raju | Communist Party of India | |
| 1999 | Jaleel Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Shaik Nasar Vali | Communist Party of India | |
| 2009 | Vellampalli Srinivas | Praja Rajyam Party | |
| 2014 | Jaleel Khan | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Vellampalli Srinivas | ||
| 2024 | Sujana Chowdary | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRP | Vellampalli Srinivas | 51,467 | 34.16 | ||
| INC | Mallika Begum | 43,125 | 28.63 | ||
| Majority | 8,342 | ||||
| Turnout | 154,459 | 65.21 | |||
| PRP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Jaleel Khan | 63,180 | 40.89 | ||
| BJP | Vellampalli Srinivas | 60,072 | 38.88 | ||
| Majority | 3,108 | 2.01 | |||
| Turnout | 154,459 | 65.21 | |||
| YSRCP gain from PRP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Vellampalli Srinivas | 58,435 | 38.04 | ||
| TDP | Shabana Musarat Khatoon | 50,764 | 33.04 | ||
| JSP | Pothina Venkata Mahesh | 22,367 | 14.56 | ||
| Majority | 7,671 | 5.00 | |||
| Turnout | 153,623 | 63.41 | |||
| YSRCP hold | Swing | ||||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sujana Chowdary | 105,669 | 61.49 | ||
| YSRCP | Shaik Asif | 58,637 | 34.12 | ||
| CPI | Koteswara Rao Gummadidala | 3,723 | 2.17 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,236 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 47,032 | 27.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,843 | ||||
| BJP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
See also
- List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Vijayawada East Assembly constituency
- Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency
References
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. 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.
- ^ "The Gazette of India Extraordinary (Delimitation Orders, 1967)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "List of Successful Candidates in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election in 2009". Elections.in. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 13 June 2019.