Visakhapatnam East (Assembly Constituency)
Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2024, there are a total of 271,215 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
| 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 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu | 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 | |||
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu | 132,047 | 64.89 | ||
| YSRCP | M. V. V. Satyanarayana | 61,170 | 30.06 | ||
| INC | Guthula Srinivas Rao | 3,430 | 1.69 | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,508 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 70,877 | ||||
| Turnout | 203,494 | ||||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.