Visakhapatnam West (Assembly Constituency)
Visakhapatnam West 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 the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.
Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu Pethakamsetti (Gana Babu) is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 236,310 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: Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 35 and 56 to 71, of the Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Malla Vijaya Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Ganna Babu | Telugu Desam Party | |
2019 | |||
2024 |
Election results
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Malla Vijaya Prasad | 45,018 | 38.81 | ||
PRP | P.G.V.R. Naidu | 40,874 | 35.24 | ||
TDP | Gudivada Nagamani | 17,775 | 15.32 | ||
LSP | Govardhan Reddi Avula | 5,502 | 4.82 | ||
Majority | 4,144 | 3.57 | |||
Turnout | 115,977 | 69.90 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | P.G.V.R. Naidu | 76,791 | 56.66 | ||
YSRCP | Dadi Ratnakar | 45,934 | 33.89 | ||
Majority | 30,857 | 22.77 | |||
Turnout | 135,523 | 59.78 | -10.12 | ||
TDP gain from INC | Swing |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | P.G.V.R. Naidu | 68,699 | 50.96 | ||
YSRCP | Malla Vijaya Prasad | 49,718 | 36.88 | ||
CPI | J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy | 6,464 | 4.79 | ||
Majority | 18,981 | 14.08 | |||
Turnout | |||||
TDP hold | Swing |
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TDP | P.G.V.R. Naidu | 90,805 | 60.13 | ||
YSRCP | Adari Anand | 55621 | 36.83 | ||
BSP | ATHUKUMSETTI RAMA CHANDRA RAO | 1157 | 0.77 | ||
NOTA | NOTA | 1002 | 0.66 | ||
Majority | 35184 | ||||
Turnout | 151008 | ||||
Swing |