# Vizianagaram Assembly constituency

Vizianagaram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency.
Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 231,554 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

## Mandals

Vizianagaram mandal is the only mandal that forms a part of the constituency.
* Mandal
* Vizianagaram

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1952 | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | Socialist Party |
| 1955 | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1957^ | Bhattam Srirama Murthy | Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Bhattam Srirama Murthy | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Vobbilisetty Rama Rao | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1972 | Appannadora Appasani | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy | Independent |
| 2009 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2014 | Meesala Geetha | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi | Telugu Desam Party |
^by-election

## Election results
### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Socialist | Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju | 52,548 | 39.20% | |
| | Independent | Gudivada Appalaswamy | 16,120 | 12.03% | |
| | INC | Chinna Suryanarayana | 9,117 | 6.80% | 6.80% |
| | KMPP | Sakati Guruwala | 6,085 | 4.54% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,377 | 1.77% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,041 | 91.71% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,46,158 | | |
| | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) | Socialist win (new seat) |

### 1957 by-election

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly by-election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Socialist | B. Sriramamurty | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 0 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Socialist gain from PSP | Socialist gain from PSP | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 47,444 | 40.60 | |
| | TDP | Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | 46,318 | 39.64 | |
| | INC | Gurana Sadhu Rao | 19,861 | 17.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,126 | 0.96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 116,857 | 64.64 | −1.23 |
| | Independent gain from TDP | Independent gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | 52,890 | 38.18 | |
| | INC | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 49,608 | 35.81 | − |
| | PRP | Geetha Meesala | 28,341 | 20.46 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,282 | 2.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,543 | 64.74 | +0.10 |
| | TDP gain from Independent | TDP gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Geetha Meesala | 77,320 | 49.82 | |
| | YSRCP | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 61,916 | 39.89 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,404 | 9.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,206 | 71.87 | +7.13 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Veera Bhadra Swamy Kolagatla | 78,849 | 47.96 | |
| | TDP | Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju | 72,432 | 44.05 | |
| | JSP | Palavalasa Yasasvi | 7190 | 4.37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,400 | 4 | −58.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,62,623 | 70.09 | −2.54 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vizianagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju | 121,241 | 64.21 | +40.26 |
| | YSRCP | Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy | 60,632 | 32.11 | −23.10 |
| | Independent | Geetha Meesala | 2,054 | 1.09 | |
| | INC | Satish Kumar Sunkari | 1,527 | 0.81 | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,365 | 0.72 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60,609 | 32.10 | +847.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,88,807 | 81.05 | +13.89 |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |