Bhimavaram Assembly constituency

Bhimavaram is a constituency in West Godavari 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 Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Bhimavaram
Constituency No. 59 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Bhimavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	West Godavari
LS constituency	Narasapuram
Established	1951
Total electors	246,342
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu
Party	JSP
Elected year	2024

Grandhi 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 246,342 electors in the constituency.^{[4][needs update]} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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

S.No	Mandal	Wards
1	Bhimavaram mandal	(Bhimavaram (M+OG), Bhimavaram (M) – Ward No. 1 to 27, China-Amiram (OG) (Part) – Ward No. 28, Rayalam (R) (OG) (Part) – Ward No. 29)
2	Veeravasaram	–

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
1952	Bhupathiraju Subbaraju		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955	Nachu Venkata Ramaiah		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju		Independent
1972			Indian National Congress
1978	Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju		Indian National Congress
1983	Penumatsa Venkata Narasimha Raju		Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989	Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose		Indian National Congress
1994	Penumatsa Venkata Narasimha Raju		Telugu Desam Party
1995 by-election
1999
2004	Grandhi Srinivas		Indian National Congress
2009	Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu
2014	Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Grandhi Srinivas		YSR Congress Party
2024	Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu (Anji Babu)		Jana Sena Party

Election results

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Bhupathiraju Subbaraju	33,743	71.24%
	INC	Nimmda Sangaiah	9,595	20.26%	20.26%
	Socialist	Pidakala Satyanandam	4,028	8.50%
Margin of victory			24,148	50.98%
Turnout			47,366	72.80%
Registered electors			65,063
	KMPP win (new seat)

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Grandhi Srinivas	63,939	51.03	+16.44
	TDP	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatsa	56,034	44.72	−17.67
Majority			7,905	6.31
Turnout			125,302	72.74	+8.16
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)	63,862	40.40	−10.63
	PRP	Vegesna Suryanarayana Raju	41,763	26.42
	TDP	Gadiraju Satyanarayana Raju @ Babu	39,818	25,19	−19.53
Majority			22,099	13.98
Turnout			158,071	81.28	+8.54
	INC hold		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)	90,772	51.61
	YSRCP	Grandhi Srinivas	77,046	43.81
Majority			13,726	7.80
Turnout			175,871	77.94	−3.34
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Grandhi Srinivas	70,642	36.78	−7.03
	JSP	Pawan Kalyan	62,285	32.33	+28.14
	TDP	Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)	54,036	28.14	−23.47
Majority			8,357	4.35
Turnout			192,061	77.94	+0.00
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)	130,424	63.94
	YSRCP	Grandhi Srinivas	63,450	31.11
	INC	Ankem Seetaramu	3,252	1.59
	NOTA	None Of The Above	1,210	0.59
	Jaibhim Rao Bharat Party	BASWANI PAVAN KUMAR	575	0.28
Majority			66,974	32.83
Turnout			2,03,983
	JSP gain from YSRCP		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. 20, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
4. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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