Visakhapatnam South (Assembly constituency)

Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Bheemili, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam North, Visakhapatnam West and Gajuwaka.[2] Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party but later defected to YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 209,186 electors in the constituency.[4]

Visakhapatnam South
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
Total electors209,186
ReservationGeneral
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAVasupalli Ganesh Kumar
PartyTelugu Desam Party
Elected year2009

Mandals

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48

Members of Legislative Assembly Visakhapatnam 2
Year Member Political party
1967 Pothina Sanyasi Rao Communist Party of India
1972 Pothina Sanyasi Rao Independent politician
1978 N. S. N. Reddy Janata Party
1983 Eswarapu Vasudevarao Telugu Desam Party
1985 Rajana Ramani Telugu Desam Party
1989 Thondapu Surayana Rayana Reddy (Surreddy) Indian National Congress
1994 Palla Simhachalam Telugu Desam Party
1999 Penninti Varalakshmi Telugu Desam Party
2004 Saripalli Rangaraju Indian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly Visakhapatnam South
Year Member Political party
2009 Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao Indian National Congress
2014 Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar Telugu Desam Party
2019 Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Visakhapatnam South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao 45,971 35.66
PRP Kola Guruvulu 45,630 35.40
TDP Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli 24,208 18.78
BJP Challa Mahalakshmi 2,128 1.65
Majority 341 0.26
Turnout 128,907 73.84
INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli 66,686 51.45
YSRCP Kola Guruvulu 48,370 37.32
Majority 18,316 14.13
Turnout 129,613 65.65 -8.19
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ganesh Kumar Vasupalli 52,172 41.5
YSRCP Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao 48,443 38.54
Jana Sena Gampala Giridhar 18,119 14.41
Majority 3,729 2.96
Turnout
TDP hold 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. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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