Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Visakhapatnam [ edit ]
Current MP	Kambhampati Hari Babu
Party	BJP
Elected Year	2014
State	Andhra Pradesh
Total Electors	1,723,011
Most Successful Party	INC (10 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Srungavarapukota Bhimli Visakhapatnam East Visakhapatnam South Visakhapatnam North Visakhapatnam West Gajuwaka

'Bold text'Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.^[1]

Assembly segments

Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
138	Srungavarapukota	None
139	Bhimli	None
140	Visakhapatnam East	None
141	Visakhapatnam South	None
142	Visakhapatnam North	None
143	Visakhapatnam West	None
144	Gajuwaka	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Lanka Sundaram, Gam Malludora	Independent
Second	1957-62	Maharaja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Gajapati Raju	Socialist Party
Third	1962-67	Maharajkumar of Vizianagram	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Tenneti Viswanadham	Progressive Group
Fifth	1971-77	Pusapati Vijaya Rama Gajapati Raju	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Dronamraju Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	Appalaswamy Kommuru	Indian National Congress (I)
Eighth	1984-89	Bhattam Srirama Murthy	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	Rani Uma Gajapathi Raju	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	Dr. M. V. V. S. Murthy	Telugu Desam Party
Eleventh	1996-98	T. Subbarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	T. Subbarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-2004	Dr. M. V. V. S. Murthy	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-14	Daggubati Purandeswari	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Kambhampati Hari Babu	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Visakhapatnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kambhampati Hari Babu	5,66,832	48.71	+45.71
	YSRCP	Y. S. Vijayamma	4,76,344	40.94	+40.94
	INC	Bolisetti Satyanarayana	50,632	4.35	-32.08
	BSP	Imandi Venkata Kurmarao	14,947	1.28	+0.41
	Independent	Sabbam Hari	6,644	0.57	+0.57
	NOTA	[None of the above]]	7,329	0.63	+0.63
Majority			90,488	7.78	+1.20
Turnout			11,63,558	67.54	-5.41
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+12.28

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Visakhapatnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Daggubati Purandeswari	368,812	36.43	-17.84
	PRP	Palla Srinivasa Rao	302,126	29.85
	TDP	M.V.V.S Murthi	223,117	22.04
Majority			66,686	6.58
Turnout			1,012,261	72.95	+9.23
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Visakhapatnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy	524,122	54.27	+8.71
	TDP	Dr MVVS Murthi	393,551	40.75	-9.21
	BSP	Kolaventi Sundara Rao	16,673	1.73
	Independent	Bharanikana Rama Rao	11,002	1.14
	SP	Mandem Subhash Chandra Bose Yadav	5,685	0.59	-0.47
	Independent	Satyanarayana Machiraju	5,602	0.58
	Pyramid Party of India	B. Vamsi Kiran	2,920	0.30
	Independent	S V B Reddy	2,358	0.24
	RJD	Mamidi Somunaidu	2,018	0.21
	Independent	Apparao Gudivada	1,809	0.19
Majority			130,571	13.52	+17.92
Turnout			965,740	63.75	-0.65
	INC gain from TDP		Swing	+8.71

See also

• Visakhapatnam district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.