Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency)

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

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

Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju is the present MLA from the Bharatiya Janata Party and has won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014.

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 West and Gajuwaka.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 2009 - Vijaya Kumar Thynala, Indian National Congress
• 2014 - Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections, 2009: Visakhapatnam North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaya Kumar Thynala	49,344	34.59
	PRP	Dr Shirin Rahman Shaik	43,821	30.72
	TDP	Bharanikana Jaya	26,990	18.92
Majority			5,523	3.87
Turnout			142,643	67.81
	INC win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Visakhapatnam North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju	82,079	51.34
	YSRCP	Chokkakula Venkata Rao	63,839	39.93
Majority			18,240	11.41
Turnout			159,862	59.97	-7.84
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly