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Gajuwaka Assembly constituency

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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]

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Gajuwaka
Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituencyVisakhapatnam
Established2008
Total electors3,10,011
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  TDP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024
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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).

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There are two mandals that come under this constituency:

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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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
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Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
67.30%
2019
 
37.78%
2014
 
51.54%
2009
 
33.20%

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 157,703 67.30 Increase38.88
YSRCP Amarnath Gudivada 62,468 26.66 Decrease11.12
IND Kakarlamudi Krishna Pradeep 4,316 1.84
CPI(M) Jaggu Naidu Maradana 3,970 1.69
PSP K. A. Paul 1,700 0.73
NOTA None of the Above 1,518 0.65
BSP Nandikolla Appa Rao 1,134 0.48
IND 2 Independent Candidates 310 0.13
OTH 6 Other Party Candidates 1,210 0.52
Majority 95,235 40.64 Increase32.23
Turnout 234,329 70.07 Increase5.79
Swing to TDP from YSRCP Swing
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2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Tippala Nagireddy 75,292 37.78 Decrease2.24
JSP Pawan Kalyan 58,539 29.37
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 56,642 28.42 Decrease23.12
BJP Pulusu Janardhana Rao 2,770 1.39
NOTA None of the Above 1,764 0.89
INC Gollakota Venkata Subba Rao 1,484 0.74 Decrease0.51
IND 2 Independent Candidates 859 0.43
OTH 5 Other Party Candidates 1,934 0.97
Majority 16,753 8.41 Decrease3.11
Turnout 199,284 64.28 Decrease0.64
Swing to YSRCP from TDP Swing
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2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Palla Srinivasa Rao 97,109 51.54
YSRCP Tippala Nagireddy 75,397 40.02
LSP Jampana Sridevi 3,627 1.93 Decrease3.90
CPI(M) Narasinga Rao Chandada 3,262 1.73 Decrease14.14
INC Y. V. Sudhakar Naidu 2,350 1.25 Decrease17.99
CPI Appari Joseph Stalin 1,505 0.80
NOTA None of the Above 1,103 0.59
IND 6 Independent Candidates 1,910 1.01
OTH 5 Other Party Candidates 2,138 1.13
Majority 21,712 11.52 Decrease0.14
Turnout 188,401 64.92 Decrease4.61
Swing to TDP from PRP Swing
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2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajuwaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRP Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah 50,994 33.20
IND Nagi Reddy Tippala 33,087 21.54
INC Gurumurthi Reddy Tippala 29,547 19.24
CPI(M) Chandada Narasinga Rao 24,371 15.87
LSP Ananda Beeharilal Gottimukkala 8,959 5.83
BJP G. Sasidharan Pillai 1,719 1.12
IND Gurunaidu Mudadla 1,618 1.05
BSP Cheekatla Prasad Gandhi 806 0.52
IND Ashok Vardhan 493 0.32
OTH 2 Other Party Candidates 2,002 1.30
Majority 17,907 11.66
Turnout 153,596 69.53
PRP win (new seat)
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