Gajuwaka Assembly constituency

Gajuwaka Assembly constituency is a constituency in Visakhapatnam 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 Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Gajuwaka
Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	3,10,011
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Palla Srinivasa Rao
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Palla Srinivasarao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2024, there are a total of 309,326 electors in the constituency. In terms of registered number of electors, it is the largest assembly constituency in the state.^{[4][5][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

There are two mandals that come under this constituency:

Mandals
Gajuwaka
Pedagantyada

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah		Praja Rajyam Party
2014	Palla Srinivasa Rao		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Tippala Nagireddy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Palla Srinivasa Rao		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Palla Srinivasa Rao	157,703	67.30
	YSRCP	Gudivada Amarnath	62,468	26.66
	Independent	Kakarlamudi Krishna Pradeep	4,316	1.84
Majority			95,235
Turnout			2,34,329
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Tippala Nagi Reddy	75,292	37.78
	JSP	Pawan Kalyan	58,539	29.37
	TDP	Palla Srinivasa Rao	56,642	28.42
Majority			16,753	8.41
Turnout			1,99,284	64.28
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

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 PRP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRP	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
	PRP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly