Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency)
Visakhapatnam North | |
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Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha | |
District | Visakhapatnam |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
Current constituency | |
Reservation | No |
Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 15 constituencies in the Visakhapatnam district.
Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju is the present MLA from the Bharatiya Janata Party and has won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014.
Overview
It is part of the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Srungavarapukota, Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam South, Visakhapatnam West and Gajuwaka.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Duration | Name of M.L.A. | Party |
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2009-14 | Vijaya Kumar Thynala | INC |
2014-Incumbent | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | BJP |
Election results
Assembly Elections 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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INC | Vijaya Kumar Thynala | 49,344 | 34.59 | ||
PRP | Dr Shirin Rahman Shaik | 43,821 | 30.72 | ||
TDP | Bharanikana Jaya | 26,990 | 18.92 | ||
Majority | 5,523 | 3.87 | |||
Turnout | 142,643 | 67.81 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
Assembly elections 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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BJP | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | 82,079 | 51.34 | ||
YSRCP | Chokkakula Venkata Rao | 63,839 | 39.93 | ||
Majority | 18,240 | 11.41 | |||
Turnout | 159,862 | 59.97 | -7.84 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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