Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency

Gajapathinagaram
Gajapathinagaram
Constituency No. 16 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Location of Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Lok Sabha constituency	Vizianagaram
Established	1955
Total electors	197,474
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kondapalli Srinivas
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram 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 Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Kondapalli Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.^[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 197,474 electors in the constituency.^[4]^{[needs update]} The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

Mandals

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

Mandal
Gajapathinagaram
Bondapalli
Gantyada
Dattirajeru
Jami

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1955	Kusum Gajapathiraju	Praja Socialist Party
1959 by-election	Taddi Sanayasi Naidu	Independent
1962	Taddi Sanayasi Naidu	Swatantra Party
1967	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju	Independent
1972	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju	Indian National Congress
1978	Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu	Janata Party
1983	Jampana Satyanarayana Raju	Telugu Desam Party
1985	Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu	Indian National Congress
1989	Aruna Padala	Telugu Desam Party
1994	Aruna Padala	Telugu Desam Party
1999	Taddi Sanyasi Appala Naidu	Indian National Congress
2004	Aruna Padala	Telugu Desam Party
2009	Botcha Appalanarasayya	Indian National Congress
2014	Kondapalli Appala Naidu	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Botcha Appalanarasayya	YSR Congress Party
2024	Kondapalli Srinivas	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	TDP
	YSRCP
				−−
	Remaining	"" Candidates
	NOTA	None of the above
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	YSRCP
	TDP
				New
	Remaining	"" Candidates
	NOTA	None of the above
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	gain from		Swing

2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
Party		Candidate	Votes


	INC

	Remaining	"" Candidates
	NOTA	None of the above
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	gain from		Swing

1955

1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PSP	Kusum Gajapathiraju	42,241	39.59
	PSP	Gantlana Surayanarayana	39,226	36.77
	INC	Gudivada Swamy	8,677	8.13
	INC	Pemmeraju Rao	6,025	5.65
	Independent	Dasari Kanakayya	4,968	4.66
	CPI	Chalamuri Naidu	3,106	2.91
	CPI	Akkivarappu Swamy	2,450	2.30
Majority			72,790	68.23
Turnout			106,693	106.79
	PSP win (new seat)

1962

1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Taddi Sanayasi Naidu	20,182	67.51
	INC	Stripirapu Naidu	9,709	32.48	18.70
Majority			10,473	35.03	33.20
Turnout			29,891
	SWA gain from PSP		Swing

1967

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju	32,002	65.51
	INC	Taddi Sanayasi Naidu	16,847	34.49	33.02
Majority			15,155	31.02	4.01
Turnout			48,849	76.62	1.2
	Independent gain from SWA		Swing

1972

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju
Majority
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Vangapandu Naidu	27,091	37.1	10.5
	Independent	Narkedamilli Venkata	23,945	32.8
	INC	Taddi Naidu	17,693	24.2
	INC(I)	Madhuri Vijayarama Gajapatiraju Pusapati	3,700	5.1
	Independent	Samantula Adinarayana	567	0.8
Majority			3,146	4.2	N/A
Turnout			75,600	83.9	N/A
	JP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Jampana Raju	23,223	33.5
	INC	Taddi Sanyasinayudu	23,037	33.3	9.1
	Independent	Vangapandu Naidu	20,771	30.0	7.1
	Independent	Pothala Ramulu	1,085	1.6
	Independent	Duvvapu Thavudu	749	1.1
	Independent	Jagannadham Kolla	413	0.6
Majority			186	0.3	3.9
Turnout			71,196	77.6	6.3
	TDP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vangapandu Naidu	38,119	50.8	20.8
	TDP	Jampana Raju	36,260	48.3	14.8
	Independent	Gandhi Naidu	642	0.9
Majority			1,859	2.4	2.1
Turnout			76,374	78.8	1.2
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1989

1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Aruna Padala	34,321	40.6	7.7
	Independent	Taddi Sanyasappalanaidu	26,735	31.7
	INC	Vangapandu Narayanappalanaidu	21,526	25.5	25.3
	Independent	Boddu Rajabhushanam	1,893	2.2
Majority			7,586	8.5	6.1
Turnout			89,702	77.3	1.5
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1994

1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Aruna Padala	46,455	51.1	10.5
	INC	Taddi Sanyasinayudu	39,636	43.6	18.1
	BJP	Pydisetty Kolla	3,433	3.8
	BSP	Adinarayana Naru	1,018	1.1
	Independent	Lenka Madhavarao	240	0.3
	Independent	Rajeti Ramarao	167	0.2
Majority			6,819	7.3	1.2
Turnout			93,305	78.5	1.2
	TDP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Taddi Naidu	36,180	39.9	3.7
	TDP	Gedda Rao	31,233	34.4	16.7
	Independent	Narayanappala Naidu	22,945	25.3
	Independent	Vakkalagadda Rao	366	0.4
Majority			4,947	5.2	2.1
Turnout			94,736	79.7	1.2
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Aruna Padala	45,530	47.80	+13.37
	INC	Narayana Appala Naidu Vangapandu	35,168	36.92	−2.96
Majority			10,362	10.88
Turnout			95,251	78.73	+2.38
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Botcha Appalanarasayya	66,670	44.31	−3.49
	TDP	Aruna Padala	38,996	25.92	−11.00
	PRP	Kadubandi Srinivasarao	35,537	23.62
Majority			27,674	18.39
Turnout			150,465	83.71	+4.98
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

References

^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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[1] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[constituencies-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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[electors-4] "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

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