Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency

Visakhapatnam West 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 West
Constituency No. 24 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Established	2008
Total electors	236,310
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pethakamsetti Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu (Gana Babu)
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected year	2019

Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu Pethakamsetti (Gana Babu) is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 236,310 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: Visakhapatnam (M.Corp) Ward No. 35 and 56 to 71, of the Visakhapatnam (Urban) Mandal.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Malla Vijaya Prasad		Indian National Congress
2014	Gana Babu		Telugu Desam Party
2019
2024

Election results

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malla Vijaya Prasad	45,018	38.81
	PRP	P.G.V.R. Naidu	40,874	35.24
	TDP	Gudivada Nagamani	17,775	15.32
	LSP	Govardhan Reddi Avula	5,502	4.82
Majority			4,144	3.57
Turnout			115,977	69.90
	INC win (new seat)

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	P.G.V.R. Naidu	76,791	56.66
	YSRCP	Dadi Ratnakar	45,934	33.89
Majority			30,857	22.77
Turnout			135,523	59.78	−10.12
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	P.G.V.R. Naidu	68,699	50.96
	YSRCP	Malla Vijaya Prasad	49,718	36.88
	CPI	J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy	6,464	4.79
Majority			18,981	14.08
Turnout
	TDP hold		Swing

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Visakhapatnam West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	P.G.V.R. Naidu	90,805	60.13
	YSRCP	Adari Anand Kumar	55621	36.83
	BSP	ATHUKUMSETTI RAMA CHANDRA RAO	1157	0.77
	NOTA	NOTA	1002	0.66
Majority			35184
Turnout			151008
	TDP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly