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)

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

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