Vizianagaram (Lok Sabha constituency)

Vizianagaram [ edit ]
Current MP	Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Andhra Pradesh
Total Electors	1,403,736
Most Successful Party	INC (1 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Etcherla Rajam Bobbili Cheepurupalli Gajapathinagaram Nellimarla Vizianagaram

Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.^[1] This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly Segments

Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
126	Etcherla	None
128	Rajam	SC
133	Bobbili	None
134	Cheepurupalli	None
135	Gajapathinagaram	None
136	Nellimarla	None
137	Vizianagaram	None

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Jhansi Lakshmi Botcha	Indian National Congress
	2014	Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Vizianagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi	411,584	40.36
	TDP	Appalanaidu Kondapalli	351,013	34.42
	PRP	Kimidi Ganapathi Rao	172,034	16.87
Majority			60,571	5.94
Turnout			1,019,825	77.07
	INC win (new seat)

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Vizianagaram^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	5,36,549	47.89	+13.47
	YSRCP	V S C K K Rangarao Ravu	4,29,638	38.35
	INC	Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi	1,22,487	10.93	-29.43
	Independent	Prasada Rao Nanda	6,401	0.57
	Independent	Yella Rao Siyyadula	5,125	0.46
	BSP	Bonu Krishna	4,092	0.37
	Independent	Hari Kishan Kuppili	3,603	0.32
	JSP	Tadivaka Ramesh Naidu	3,388	0.30
	AAP	Naru Simhadri Naidu	2,505	0.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,528	0.58
Majority			1,06,911	9.54	+3.60
Turnout			11,20,316	79.79	+2.72
	TDP gain from INC		Swing	+13.47

References

1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.
↑ VIZIANAGARAM LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT
↑ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0120.htm?ac=20

Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh

After 2008 (implementation of Delimitation Act of 2002)	Amalapuram Anakapalli Anantapur Araku Bapatla (SC) Chittoor Eluru Guntur Hindupur Kadapa Kakinada Kurnool Machilipatnam Nandyal Narasaraopet Narsapuram Nellore Ongole Rajahmundry Rajampet Srikakulam Tirupati Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram

Constituencies which were abolished in 2008	Bhadrachalam Bobbili Hanamkonda Miryalguda Parvathipuram Siddipet Tenali

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