| Visakhapatnam North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 23 for theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
.png) Location of Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Visakhapatnam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 280,151 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Visakhapatnam North is a constituency inVisakhapatnam district ofAndhra Pradesh that elects representatives to theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly inIndia.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments ofVisakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju is the currentMLA of the constituency, having won the2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election fromBharatiya Janata Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.[3][needs update] The constituency was established in 2008, as per theDelimitation Orders (2008).
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 |
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2009 | Thynala Vijaya Kumar | 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | ||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| TDPgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 15.26 | +14.16 | ||
| Turnout | 1,88,208 | ||||
| BJPgain fromTDP | Swing | ||||