Gajuwaka (Assembly constituency)

Gajuwaka Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam South, Visakhapatnam North and Visakhapatnam West.[2] Nagireddy Tippala is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, in terms of registered number of electors, it is the largest assembly constituency in the state with a total of 309,326 electors.[4][5]

Gajuwaka
Constituency
DistrictVisakhapatnam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate309,326
Current constituency
Created2009
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLANagireddy Tippala
ReservationGeneral

Mandals

The mandals come under this constituency are Gajuwaka and Pedagantyada

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Palla Srinivasa Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Tippala Nagi Reddy YSR Congress Party

Election Results

Assembly election results 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±
YSRCP Tippala Nagi Reddy 75,292 37.78
Jana Sena Pawan Kalyan 58,539 29.37
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 56,642 28.42
Majority 16,573 8.41
Turnout
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

Assembly elections 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 Praja Rajyam Swing

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Praja Rajyam 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
Praja Rajyam 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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