Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency

Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Gajapathinagaram
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVizianagaram
LS constituencyVizianagaram
Established1955
Total electors197,474
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Appalanarasayya Botcha 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 197,474 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

Mandal
Gajapathinagaram
Bondapalli
Gantyada
Dattirajeru
Jami

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party
1955 Kusum Gajapathiraju Praja Socialist Party
1959 (By-poll) Taddi Sanayasi Naidu Independent
1962 Swatantra Party
1967 Penumatcha Sambasivaraju Independent
1972 Indian National Congress
1978 Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu Janata Party
1983 Jampana Satyanarayana Raju Telugu Desam Party
1985 Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu Indian National Congress
1989 Aruna Padala Telugu Desam Party
1994
1999 Taddi Sanyasi Appala Naidu Indian National Congress
2004 Aruna Padala Telugu Desam Party
2009 Botcha Appalanarasayya Indian National Congress
2014 Kondapalli Appala Naidu Telugu Desam Party
2019 Botcha Appalanarasayya YSR Congress Party

Election results

2004
2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Aruna Padala 45,530 47.80 +13.37
INC Narayana Appala Naidu Vangapandu 35,168 36.92 -2.96
Majority 10,362 10.88
Turnout 95,251 78.73 +2.38
TDP gain from INC Swing

2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Botcha Appalanarasayya 66,670 44.31 -3.49
TDP Aruna Padala 38,996 25.92 -11.00
PRP Kadubandi Srinivasarao 35,537 23.62
Majority 27,674 18.39
Turnout 150,465 83.71 +4.98
INC gain from TDP Swing

2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Kondapalli Appala Naidu 65,118 40.97
YSRCP Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao 45,694 28.75
INC Appalanarasayya Botcha 44,325 27.89
Majority 19,423 12.22
Turnout 159,713 85.46 +1.75
TDP gain from INC Swing

2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Botcha Appalanarasayya 93,270 54.12
TDP Appalanaidu Kondapalli 66,259 38.45
Majority 27,011 12.22
Turnout 159,713 85.46 +1.75
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.
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