# Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency

Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency is a constituency in NTR district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.
Bonda Umamaheswara Rao 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 269,859 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

## Mandals

The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Vijayawada Urban mandal (Part)
* Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 14, 20 to 31, 33 to 35, 42 to 44, 49, 77 and 78)

## Members of the 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 |
| 2024 | Bonda Umamaheswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Bonda Umamaheswara Rao | 130,034 | 63.52 |
| | YSRCP | Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao | 61,148 | 29.87 |
| | CPI(M) | Chigurupati Babu Rao | 4,887 | 2.39 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 951 | 0.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68,886 | 33.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,04,717 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Malladi Vishnu | 70,721 | 39.73 | +7.17 |
| | TDP | Bonda Umamaheswara 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 | Majority | Majority | 25 | 0.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,78,013 | 65.95 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 269,912 | | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Bonda Umamaheswara Rao | 82,669 | 48.50 |
| | YSRCP | P. Gowtham Reddy | 55,508 | 32.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,161 | 15.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,463 | 65.81 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 259,001 | |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Malladi Vishnu | 52,426 | 33.14% | |
| | PRP | Vangaveeti Radha Krishna | 51,578 | 32.60% | |
| | CPI(M) | Babu Rao Chigurupati | 38,273 | 24.19% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 848 | 0.54% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 158,267 | 70.71% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 223,822 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |