Vijayawada Central (Assembly constituency)

Vijayawada Central (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency, along with Tiruvuru (SC), Vijayawada East, Vijayawada West, Mylavaram, Nandigama, and Jaggayyapeta.[2]

Vijayawada Central
Constituency
DistrictKrishna
StateAndhra Pradesh
Electorate269,859
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyYSR Congress Party
MLAMalladi Vishnu
ReservationGeneral

Malladi Vishnu is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3][4] As of 25 March 2019, there a total of 269,859 electors in the constituency.[5]

Mandals

The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:[2]

S.No Mandal Name
1 Vijayawada Urban Mandal (Part) Vijayawada Urban (M.Corp) (Part) Vijayawada (M Corp.) Ward No. 14, 20 to 31, 33 to 35, 42 to 44, 49, 77 and 78

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
2009 Malladi Vishnu Indian National Congress
2014 Bonda Umamaheswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
2019 Malladi Vishnu YSR Congress Party

Election Results

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao 82,669 48.50
YSRCP P.Gowtham Reddy 55,508 32.56
Majority 27,161 15.93
Turnout 185,159 65.81
TDP gain from INC Swing

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Malladi Vishnu 70,721 39.73 +7.17
TDP Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao 70,696 39.71 -8.79
CPI Chigurupati Babu Rao 29,333 16.48
BJP Sree Satya murthy vamaraju 2567 1.44
NOTA None of the above 1016 0.57 N/A
Majority 25 0.02
Turnout 1,78,013 82
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

See also

References
  1. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 21, 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. "Nine lost polls by narrow margin as Jana Sena front, BJP play spoilsport". The New Indian Express. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. "Vijayawada East Assembly 2014 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. "Vijayawada East Assembly 2019 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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