Gajuwaka | |
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Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Visakhapatnam |
LS constituency | Visakhapatnam |
Established | 2008 |
Total electors | 3,10,011 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Palla Srinivasa Rao | |
Party | TDP |
Elected year | 2024 |
Gajuwaka 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.
Palla Srinivasarao 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 309,326 electors in the constituency. In terms of registered number of electors, it is the largest assembly constituency in the state. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
There are two mandals that come under this constituency:
Mandals |
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Gajuwaka |
Pedagantyada |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Member | Political party | |
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2009 | Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah | Praja Rajyam Party | |
2014 | Palla Srinivasa Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
2019 | Tippala Nagireddy | YSR Congress Party | |
2024 | Palla Srinivasa Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
Election results
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Palla Srinivasa Rao | 157,703 | 67.30 | ||
YSRCP | Gudivada Amarnath | 62,468 | 26.66 | ||
Independent | Kakarlamudi Krishna Pradeep | 4,316 | 1.84 | ||
Majority | 95,235 | ||||
Turnout | 2,34,329 | ||||
TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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YSRCP | Tippala Nagi Reddy | 75,292 | 37.78 | ||
JSP | Pawan Kalyan | 58,539 | 29.37 | ||
TDP | Palla Srinivasa Rao | 56,642 | 28.42 | ||
Majority | 16,753 | 8.41 | |||
Turnout | 1,99,284 | 64.28 | |||
YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TDP | Palla Srinivasa Rao | 97,109 | 51.85 | ||
YSRCP | Tippala Nagi Reddy | 75,397 | 40.26 | ||
Majority | 21,712 | 11.59 | |||
Turnout | 188,401 | 64.98 | −4.55 | ||
TDP gain from PRP | Swing |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PRP | Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah | 50,994 | 33.20 | ||
Independent | Tippala Nagi Reddy | 33,087 | 21.54 | ||
INC | Tippala Gurumurthi Reddy | 29,547 | 19.24 | ||
CPI(M) | Chandada Narasinga Rao | 24,371 | 15.87 | ||
Majority | 17,907 | 11.66 | |||
Turnout | 153,596 | 69.53 | |||
PRP win (new seat) |
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 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- Bhattacharjee, Sumit (2 April 2019). "Pawan Kalyan faces a fight in Gajuwaka" – via www.thehindu.com.
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