Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency

Visakhapatnam South 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]

Visakhapatnam South
Constituency No. 22 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
LS constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	209,186
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vamsi Krishna Srinivas
Party	JSP

Vamsi Krishna Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Janasena Party.^[3] As of 2019, there were a total of 209,186 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. 12 to 34, 42 to 43 and 46 to 48

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Dronamraju Srinvasa Rao		Indian National Congress
2014	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar		Telugu Desam Party
2019
2024	Vamsi Krishna Srinivas		Janasena Party

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao	45,971	35.66
	PRP	Kola Guruvulu	45,630	35.40
	TDP	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar	24,208	18.78
	BJP	Challa Mahalakshmi	2,128	1.65
Majority			341	0.26
Turnout			128,907	73.84
	INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar	66,686	51.45
	YSRCP	Kola Guruvulu	48,370	37.32
Majority			18,316	14.13
Turnout			129,613	65.65	−8.19
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar	52,172	41.50
	YSRCP	Dronamraju Srinivasa Rao	48,443	38.54
	JSP	Gampala Giridhar	18,119	14.41
Majority			3,729	2.96
Turnout
	TDP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam South

Party			Votes	%	±%
	JSP	Vamsi Krishna Srinivas	97,868	70.23
	YSRCP	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar	33,274	23.87
	NOTA	None Of The Above	631	0.45
Majority			64,594	46.36
Turnout			139339	64.27
	JSP gain from TDP		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 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.

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