Gajuwaka Assembly constituency

Gajuwaka
Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors3,10,011
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024

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

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 157,703 47.16 28.89
YSRCP Amarnath Gudivada 62,468 18.68 5.61
Independent K K Pradeep 4,316 1.29
CPI(M) Jaggu Naidu M 3,970 1.19
Remaining 4,354 1.30 0.97
NOTA None of the above 1,518 0.45 0.12
Turnout 2,34,329 70.07 5.79
Registered electors 3,34,399
Majority 95,235 28.48
TDP gain from YSRCP Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 56,642 28.7 15.19
YSRCP NagiReddy Tippala 75,292 38.1 1.69
JSP Pawan Kalyan 58,539 29.6 New
Remaining 7,047 2.27 0.46
NOTA None of the above 1,764 0.57 0.19
Turnout 1,99,284 64.28 0.64
Registered electors 3,10,011
Majority 16,753 5.41
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 97,109 33.46
YSRCP NagiReddy Tippala 75,397 25.98 New
LSP Jampana Sridevi 3,627 1.25
CPI(M) Narasinga Rao CH 3,262 1.12
Remaining 7,903 2.73
NOTA None of the above 1,103 0.38
Turnout 1,88,401 64.92
Registered electors 2,90,224
Majority 21,712 7.48
TDP gain from PRP Swing


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)

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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