Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India

Visakhapatnam North
Constituency No. 23 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
LS constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	280,151
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju
Party	Bharatiya Janata party
Elected year	2024

Visakhapatnam North 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 the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

The MLA position of the constituency lies vacant now since the resignation of the MLA, Ganta Srinivasa Rao has been accepted by the Speaker of the state's Legislative Assembly.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.^[4] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandal

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:^[2]

Mandal
Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 36 to 41, 44 to 45 and 49 to 52

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Vijaya Kumar Thynala	Indian National Congress
2014	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Ganta Srinivasa Rao	Telugu Desam Party
2024	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vijaya Kumar Thynala	49,344	34.59
	PRP	Dr. Shirin Rahman Shaik	43,821	30.72
	TDP	Bharanikana Jaya	26,990	18.92
Majority			5,523	3.87
Turnout			142,643	67.81
	INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju	82,079	51.34
	YSRCP	Chokkakula Venkata Rao	63,839	39.93
Majority			18,240	11.41
Turnout			159,862	59.97	-7.84
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Ganta Srinivasa Rao	67,352	38.09
	YSRCP	Kammula Kannaparaju	65,408	36.99
	JSP	Pasupuleti Ushakiran	19,139	10.82
	BJP	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju	18,790	10.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,411	0.80
Majority			1,944	1.10
Turnout
	TDP gain from BJP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju	108,801	57.81	+47.18
	YSRCP	Kammula Kannaparaju	61,267	32.55	-4.44
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,130	0.60	-0.20
Majority			47,534
Turnout			1,88,208
	NDA hold		Swing

References

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Speaker accepts TDP MLA Ganta's resignation". The Times of India. 24 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.