Vijayawada West Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Vijayawada West
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (79- highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Vijayawada West Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = Sujana Chowdary
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = NTR
| loksabha_cons = Vijayawada
| constituency_no = 79
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Y S Chowdary.JPG
| electors = 232,555
| established = 1967
| type = SLA
}}
Vijayawada West Assembly constituency is a constituency in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=21, 31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}
Sujana Chowdary is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm|title=Assembly Election 2019|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=24 May 2019}} As of 2019, there are a total of 232,555 electors in the constituency.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/eci_publications/books/deli/Delimitation%20Orders-67.pdf|title=The Gazette of India Extraordinary (Delimitation Orders, 1967)|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=11 October 2014}}
Mandals
The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Vijayawada Urban mandal (Part) |
| Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 1 to 13, 15 to 19, 75 and 76) |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" |Political party |
|---|
| 1967
|Marupilla Chitti |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |
| 1972
|Asib Pasha |
| 1978
|Pothina Chinna |
| 1983
|B. S. Jayaraju |{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 1985
|Uppalapati Ramachandra Raju |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1989
|M. K. Baig |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
|Kakarlapudi Subba Raju |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1999
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2004
|Shaik Nasar Vali |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 2009
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Rajyam Party}} |
| 2014
|Jaleel Khan |{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 2019 |
| 2024
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
Election results
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West{{cite web|title=List of Successful Candidates in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election in 2009|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2009-election-results.html|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=11 October 2014}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Vellampalli Srinivas
|votes = 51,467
|percentage = 34.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mallika Begum
|votes = 43,125
|percentage = 28.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,342
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 154,459
|percentage = 65.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Praja Rajyam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West{{cite web |title=The Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part-V Extraordinary |url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/GE_2014/(GE,%202014)%20-%20DUE%20Constitution%20(APLA_ELECTED%20List).pdf |website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh |access-date=13 June 2019 |location=Hyderabad |page=14 |date=20 May 2014}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party =YSRCP
|candidate = Jaleel Khan
|votes = 63,180
|percentage = 40.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Vellampalli Srinivas
|votes = 60,072
|percentage = 38.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,108
|percentage = 2.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 154,459
|percentage = 65.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Praja Rajyam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Vellampalli Srinivas
|votes = 58,435
|percentage = 38.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Shabana Musarat Khatoon
|votes = 50,764
|percentage = 33.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = Pothina Venkata Mahesh
|votes = 22,367
|percentage = 14.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,671
|percentage = 5.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 153,623
|percentage = 63.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sujana Chowdary |votes=1,05,669 |percentage=61.49|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSRCP|candidate=Shaik Asif|votes=58,637 |percentage=34.12|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India |candidate=Koteswara Rao Gummadidala|votes=3,723 |percentage=2.17|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,236 |percentage=0.72|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=47,032|percentage=27.37|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,71,843|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
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Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
Category:Politics of Vijayawada