Vizianagaram Assembly constituency

Vizianagaram 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]

Vizianagaram
Constituency No. 18 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Vizianagaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1951
Total electors	231,554
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2024

Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi 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 231,554 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

Vizianagaram mandal is the only mandal that forms a part of the constituency.^[2]

Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency

Mandal
Vizianagaram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju		Socialist Party
1955			Praja Socialist Party
1957^	Bhattam Srirama Murthy		Socialist Party
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	Vobbilisetty Rama Rao		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Appannadora Appasani		Indian National Congress
1978	Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju		Janata Party
1983			Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989
1994
1999
2004	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy		Independent
2009	Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Meesala Geetha
2019	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy		YSR Congress Party
2024	Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi		Telugu Desam Party

^by-election

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju	52,548	39.20%
	Independent	Gudivada Appalaswamy	16,120	12.03%
	INC	Chinna Suryanarayana	9,117	6.80%	6.80%
	KMPP	Sakati Guruwala	6,085	4.54%
Margin of victory			2,377	1.77%
Turnout			1,34,041	91.71%
Registered electors			1,46,158
	Socialist win (new seat)

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju	27,404	86.21	47.01
	INC	Bhaganagarapu Rao	3,284	10.33	3.53
	CPI	J.V. Lakshmi	1,101	3.46
Majority			24,120	75.88	74.11
Turnout			31,789	53.45	38.26
	PSP hold		Swing

1957 by-election

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly by-election: Vizianagaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	B. Sriramamurty	Unopposed
Margin of victory			0
Turnout
	Socialist gain from PSP		Swing

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhattam Srirama Murthy	35,214	88.46	78.13
	ABJS	Vobbillisetty Rama Rao	4,591	11.53
Majority			30,623	76.93	1.05
Turnout			39,805
	INC gain from PSP		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Vobbilisetty Rao	31,283	66.03	54.50
	INC	Bhattam Srirama Murthy	12,924	27.28	61.18
	Independent	R. V. Ramarao	2,471	5.22
	Independent	M. V. Seshachari	699	1.48
Majority			18,359	38.75	38.18
Turnout			47,377	71.34
	ABJS gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Appannadora Appasani	34,319	78.47	51.19
	ABJS	Prakasarao Anavilla	9,417	21.53	44.50
Majority			24,902	56.94	18.19
Turnout			43,736	56.05	15.29
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	39,914	59.7
	INC	Appanadora Appasani	13,829	20.7	57.77
	INC(I)	Modili Satyam	11,760	17.6
	Independent	Patchipilli Dasu	1,393	2.1
Majority			26,085	38.0	18.94
Turnout			68,600	77.3	21.25
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	53,018	77.9	18.2
	INC	Prasadula Rama Krishna	12,626	18.6	2.1
	Independent	Kalavathi Boddu	1,327	2.0
	Independent	Palli Rao	538	0.8
	Independent	Velugula Narasinga	337	0.5
	Independent	Pusapati Raju	179	0.3
Majority			40,392	58.3	20.3
Turnout			69,323	66.6	10.7
	TDP hold		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	49,963	80.1	2.4
	INC	Modili Rao	11,994	19.2	0.6
	Independent	Gorli Raju	424	0.7
Majority			37,969	59.7	1.4
Turnout			63,550	57.1	9.5
	TDP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	50,224	55.4	24.7
	INC	Kolagatla Veerabhadraswamy	40,477	44.6	25.4
Majority			9,747	10.4	49.3
Turnout			93,922	69.6	12.5
	TDP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	60,893	58.9	3.5
	INC	Kolagatla Veerabhadraswamy	39,682	38.6	6
	BJP	Bobbadi Pydiraju	1,252	1.2
	Independent	Dodda Padmajayanthi	339	0.3
	BSP	Bhupati Apparao	320	0.3
	Independent	Alla Nookaraju	287	0.3
	Independent	Bandaru Satyanarayana	125	0.1
	Independent	Pathange Tulasiram	117	0.1
	Independent	Ellapu Venkatarao	108	0.1
	Independent	Suryanarayana Chintapalli	72	0.1
Turnout			105,160	70.2	+0.6
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	59,692	53.8	5.1
	INC	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy	50,261	43.5	4.9
	Anna Telugu Desam Party	Allu Naidu	376	0.3
	RPI	Arjuna Konala	331	0.3
	BSP	Yerramsetty Ramana	215	0.2	1
Majority			9,431	8.3	11.7
Turnout			113,393	67.4	2.8
	TDP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla	47,444	40.60
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	46,318	39.64
	INC	Gurana Sadhu Rao	19,861	17.00
Majority			1,126	0.96
Turnout			116,857	64.64	−1.23
	Independent gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	52,890	38.18
	INC	Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla	49,608	35.81	−
	PRP	Geetha Meesala	28,341	20.46
Majority			3,282	2.37
Turnout			138,543	64.74	+0.10
	TDP gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Geetha Meesala	77,320	49.82
	YSRCP	Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla	61,916	39.89
Majority			15,404	9.93
Turnout			155,206	71.87	+7.13
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla	78,849	47.96
	TDP	Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju	72,432	44.05
	JSP	Palavalasa Yasasvi	7190	4.37
Majority			6,400	4	−58.45
Turnout			1,62,623	70.09	−2.54
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju	121,241	64.21	+40.26
	YSRCP	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy	60,632	32.11	−23.10
	Independent	Geetha Meesala	2,054	1.09
	INC	Satish Kumar Sunkari	1,527	0.81
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,365	0.72
Majority			60,609	32.10	+847.02
Turnout			1,88,807	81.05	+13.89
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly