Visakhapatnam Assembly constituency

Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam
Former constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	1951
Abolished	1963
Reservation	None

Visakhapatnam Assembly constituency was one of constituencies to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It was part of Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency. It existed from the 1951 delimitation to 1963.^[1]

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Before 1 October 1953, it was part of Madras State and its member represented in the Madras Legislative Assembly. From then until 1 November 1956, it was part of Andhra State. From 1 November 1956, it was part of Andhra Pradesh until its abolition.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ankitham Venkata Bhanoji Rao	21,221	48.10
	Independent	Tenneti Viswanatham	17,394	39.42
	ABJS	K. S. Appala Narasimha Raju	3,391	7.69
	Independent	Nakkana Appa Rao	2,114	4.79
Margin of victory			3,827	8.67
Total valid votes			44,120
Rejected ballots			1,670	3.65
Turnout			45,790	63.78
Registered electors			71,794
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ankitham Venkata Bhanoji Rao	15,457	58.52
	Independent	Maddi Pattabhiramareddi	6,955	26.33
	CPI	Yellamanchili Vijayakumar	3,250	12.31
	Independent	Singavarapu Surya Rao	749	2.84
Margin of victory			8,502	32.19
Total valid votes			26,411
Rejected ballots			0
Turnout			26,411	45.43
Registered electors			58,132
	INC gain from KMPP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KMPP	Tenneti Viswanadham	11,290	38.06
	Independent	S. Appala Nayudu	5,988	20.19
	Independent	C. Moses	4,249	14.33
	Socialist	B. Mullikarjuna Rao	4,208	14.19
	INC	K. K. Sarveswarasastry	3,926	13.24
Margin of victory			5,302	17.88
Total valid votes			29,661
Rejected ballots			0
Turnout			29,661	43.44
Registered electors			68,284
	KMPP win (new seat)

Members of the Legislative Assembly