Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency)

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

References

Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh

Assembly
Constituencies

Anantapur district	Anantapur Urban Dharmavaram Hindupur Kadiri Kalyandurg Madakasira (SC) Penukonda Puttaparthi Raptadu Rayadurg Guntakal Singanamala (SC) Tadpatri Uravakonda

Chittoor district	Chandragiri Chittoor Gangadhara Nellore (SC) Kuppam Madanapalle Nagari Palamaner Pileru Punganur Puthalapattu (SC) Satyavedu (SC) Srikalahasti Thamballapalle Tirupati

East Godavari district	Amalapuram Anaparthy Gannavaram(SC) Jaggampeta Kakinada City Kakinada Rural Kothapeta Mandapeta Mummidivaram Peddapuram Pithapuram Prathipadu Rajahmundry City Rajahmundry Rural Rajanagaram Ramachandrapuram Rampachodavaram (ST) Razole (SC) Tuni

Guntur district	Bapatla Chilakaluripet Guntur East Guntur West Gurajala Macherla Mangalagiri Narasaraopet Pedakurapadu Ponnuru Prathipadu Repalle Sattenapalli Tadikonda Tenali Vemuru (SC) Vinukonda

Kadapa district	Badvel (SC) Jammalamadugu Kadapa Kamalapuram Kodur (SC) Mydukur Proddatur Rajampet Rayachoti Pulivendla

Krishna district	Avanigadda Gannavaram Gudivada Jaggayyapeta Kaikalur Machilipatnam Mylavaram Nandigama (SC) Nuzvid Pamarru (SC) Pedana Penamaluru Tiruvuru (SC) Vijayawada Central Vijayawada East Vijayawada West

Kurnool district	Adoni Allagadda Alur Banaganapalle Dhone Kodumur (SC) Kurnool Mantralayam Nandikotkur (SC) Nandyal Panyam Pattikonda Srisailam Yemmiganur

Nellore district	Atmakur Gudur (SC) Kavali Kovur Nellore City Nellore Rural Sarvepalli Sullurpeta (SC) Udayagiri Venkatagiri

Prakasam district	Addanki Chirala Darsi Giddalur Kandukur Kanigiri Kondapi (SC) Markapuram Ongole Parchur Santhanuthalapadu (SC) Yerragondapalem (SC)

Srikakulam district	Amadalavalasa Etcherla Ichchapuram Narasannapeta Palakonda Palasa Pathapatnam Rajam Srikakulam Tekkali

Visakhapatnam district	Anakapalle Araku Valley (ST) Bhimili Chodavaram Gajuwaka Madugula Narsipatnam Paderu (ST) Payakaraopet (SC) Pendurthi Visakhapatnam East Visakhapatnam North Visakhapatnam South Visakhapatnam West Yelamanchili

Vizianagaram district	Bobbili Cheepurupalli Gajapathinagaram] Kurupam Nellimarla Parvathipuram Salur Vizianagaram Srungavarapukota

West Godavari district	Achanta Bhimavaram Chintalapudi (SC) Denduluru Eluru Gopalapuram (SC) Kovvur (SC) Narasapuram Nidadavole Palakol Polavaram (ST) Tadepalligudem Tanuku Undi Unguturu

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