Vijayawada West Assembly constituency

Vijayawada West Assembly constituency is a constituency in NTR 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 Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Vijayawada West
Constituency for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Vijayawada West Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictNTR
LS constituencyVijayawada
Established1967
Total electors232,555
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyYSR Congress Party
Elected year2019

Vellampalli Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 232,555 electors in the constituency.[4] The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).[5]

Mandals

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

Mandal
Vijayawada Urban mandal (Part) Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 1 to 13, 15 to 19, 75 and 76)

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political party
1952 Tammina Potharaju Communist Party of India
1955 Marupilla Chitti (Appalaswami) Indian National Congress
1962 Tammina Potharaju Communist Party of India
1967 Marupilla Chitti Indian National Congress
1972 Asib Pasha
1978 Pothina Chinna
1983 B. S. Jayaraju Telugu Desam Party
1985 Uppalapati Ramachandra Raju Communist Party of India
1989 M. K. Baig Indian National Congress
1994 Kakarlapudi Subba Raju Communist Party of India
1999 Jaleel Khan Indian National Congress
2004 Shaik Nasar Vali Communist Party of India
2009 Vellampalli Srinivas Praja Rajyam Party
2014 Jaleel Khan YSR Congress Party
2019 Vellampalli Srinivas

Election results

2009
2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRP Vellampalli Srinivas 51,467 34.16
INC Mallika Begum 43,125 28.63
Majority 8,342
Turnout 154,459 65.21
PRP gain from INC Swing

2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Jaleel Khan 63,180 40.89
BJP Vellampalli Srinivas 60,072 38.88
Majority 3,108 2.01
Turnout 154,459 65.21
YSRCP gain from PRP Swing

2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Vellampalli Srinivas 58,435 38.04
TDP Shabana Musarat Khatoon 50,764 33.04
JSP Pothina Venkata Mahesh 22,367 14.56
Majority 7,671 5.00
Turnout 153,623 63.41
YSRCP hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. "The Gazette of India Extraordinary (Delimitation Orders, 1967)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. "List of Successful Candidates in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election in 2009". Elections.in. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. "The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad. 20 May 2014. p. 14. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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