Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituency

Visakhapatnam East
Constituency No. 21 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
LS constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	272,215
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu
Party	TDP
Elected year	2024

Visakhapatnam East 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]

Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu 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 271,215 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal (Part) Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 1 to 11 and 53 to 55

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu		Telugu Desam Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu	44,233	32.03
	PRP	Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao	40,202	29.11
	INC	Appa Rao Vurukuti	38,098	27.59
	LSP	Jhansi Lakshmi Ravala	10,022	7.35
	BJP	K. Rajakumari	2,218	1.62
Majority			4,031	2.92
Turnout			138,104	68.22
	TDP win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu	100,624	60.45
	YSRCP	Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao	52,741	31.69
Majority			47,883	28.76
Turnout			166,453	64.88	−3.34
	TDP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu	87,073	50.10	−10.35
	YSRCP	Akaramani Vijaya Nirmala	60,599	34.87	+3.18
	JSP	Tatarao Kona	17,873	10.28	+10.28
Majority			26,474	15.23	−13.53
Turnout			173,804	64.73	−0.15
	TDP hold		Swing	-10.35

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu	132,047	64.89
	YSRCP	M. V. V. Satyanarayana	61,170	30.06
	INC	Guthula Srinivas Rao	3,430	1.69
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,508	0.74
Majority			70,877
Turnout			203,494
	TDP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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. 17, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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