Gajuwaka Assembly constituency
| Gajuwaka | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Visakhapatnam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 3,10,011 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| 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.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Palla Srinivasarao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.[3] 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.[4][5] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
Mandals
There are two mandals that come under this constituency:
| Mandals |
|---|
| Gajuwaka |
| Pedagantyada |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Palla Srinivasa Rao | 157,703 | 67.30 |  38.88 | |
| YSRCP | Amarnath Gudivada | 62,468 | 26.66 |  11.12 | |
| IND | Kakarlamudi Krishna Pradeep | 4,316 | 1.84 | ||
| CPI(M) | Jaggu Naidu Maradana | 3,970 | 1.69 | ||
| PSP | K. A. Paul | 1,700 | 0.73 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,518 | 0.65 | ||
| BSP | Nandikolla Appa Rao | 1,134 | 0.48 | ||
| IND | 2 Independent Candidates | 310 | 0.13 | ||
| OTH | 6 Other Party Candidates | 1,210 | 0.52 | ||
| Majority | 95,235 | 40.64 | 32.23 | ||
| Turnout | 234,329 | 70.07 | 5.79 | ||
| Swing to TDP from YSRCP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Tippala Nagireddy | 75,292 | 37.78 | 2.24 | |
| JSP | Pawan Kalyan | 58,539 | 29.37 | ||
| TDP | Palla Srinivasa Rao | 56,642 | 28.42 | 23.12 | |
| BJP | Pulusu Janardhana Rao | 2,770 | 1.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,764 | 0.89 | ||
| INC | Gollakota Venkata Subba Rao | 1,484 | 0.74 | 0.51 | |
| IND | 2 Independent Candidates | 859 | 0.43 | ||
| OTH | 5 Other Party Candidates | 1,934 | 0.97 | ||
| Majority | 16,753 | 8.41 | 3.11 | ||
| Turnout | 199,284 | 64.28 | 0.64 | ||
| Swing to YSRCP from TDP | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Palla Srinivasa Rao | 97,109 | 51.54 | ||
| YSRCP | Tippala Nagireddy | 75,397 | 40.02 | ||
| LSP | Jampana Sridevi | 3,627 | 1.93 | 3.90 | |
| CPI(M) | Narasinga Rao Chandada | 3,262 | 1.73 | 14.14 | |
| INC | Y. V. Sudhakar Naidu | 2,350 | 1.25 | 17.99 | |
| CPI | Appari Joseph Stalin | 1,505 | 0.80 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,103 | 0.59 | ||
| IND | 6 Independent Candidates | 1,910 | 1.01 | ||
| OTH | 5 Other Party Candidates | 2,138 | 1.13 | ||
| Majority | 21,712 | 11.52 | 0.14 | ||
| Turnout | 188,401 | 64.92 | 4.61 | ||
| Swing to TDP from PRP | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRP | Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah | 50,994 | 33.20 | ||
| IND | Nagi Reddy Tippala | 33,087 | 21.54 | ||
| INC | Gurumurthi Reddy Tippala | 29,547 | 19.24 | ||
| CPI(M) | Chandada Narasinga Rao | 24,371 | 15.87 | ||
| LSP | Ananda Beeharilal Gottimukkala | 8,959 | 5.83 | ||
| BJP | G. Sasidharan Pillai | 1,719 | 1.12 | ||
| IND | Gurunaidu Mudadla | 1,618 | 1.05 | ||
| BSP | Cheekatla Prasad Gandhi | 806 | 0.52 | ||
| IND | Ashok Vardhan | 493 | 0.32 | ||
| OTH | 2 Other Party Candidates | 2,002 | 1.30 | ||
| Majority | 17,907 | 11.66 | |||
| Turnout | 153,596 | 69.53 | |||
| PRP win (new seat) | |||||
Trivia
- In the 2019 election, Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan contested from this constituency and the Bhimavaram Assembly constituency in his electoral debut, but was defeated in both seats.
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.