Gajuwaka
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
LS constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors309,326
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nagireddy Tippala
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

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 the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Nagireddy Tippala is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, 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

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Tippala Nagi Reddy 74,645 38.37
JSP Pawan Kalyan 56,125 30.1
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 54,642 26.42
Majority 14,520 8.41
Turnout
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Bhattacharjee, Sumit (2 April 2019). "Pawan Kalyan faces a fight in Gajuwaka" – via www.thehindu.com.

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