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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Gajapathinagaram
Constituency No. 16 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1955
Total electors	197,474
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kondapalli Srinivas
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Kondapalli Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 197,474 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} 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-election	Taddi Sanayasi Naidu		Independent
1962			Swatantra Party
1967	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju		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
2024	Kondapalli Srinivas		Telugu Desam 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

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Kondapalli Srinivas	98,051	54.99
	YSRCP	Botcha Appalanarasayya	72,750	40.8
	INC	Dola Srinivas	1,315	0.74
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,729	2.09
Majority			25,301	14.18
Turnout			1,78,313
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly