Visakhapatnam West (Assembly constituency)

Visakhapatnam West
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	Visakhapatnam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Current constituency
Reservation	No

Visakhapatnam West Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 15 constituencies in the Visakhapatnam district.

Overview

It is part of the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Srungavarapukota, Bhimli, Visakhapatnam East, Visakhapatnam South, Visakhapatnam North and Gajuwaka.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 2009 - Vijaya Prasad Malla, Indian National Congress
• 2014 - P.G.V.R. Naidu, Telugu Desam Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Visakhapatnam West

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

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Visakhapatnam North

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

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly