# Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency

Gajapathinagaram 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.
Kondapalli Srinivas 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 197,474 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1955, as per the Delimitation Orders (1955).

## Mandals

The five mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Gajapathinagaram
* Bondapalli
* Gantyada
* Dattirajeru
* Jami

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1955 | Kusum Gajapathiraju | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1959 by-election | Taddi Sanayasi Naidu | Independent |
| 1962 | Taddi Sanayasi Naidu | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju | Independent |
| 1972 | Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu | Janata Party |
| 1983 | Jampana Satyanarayana Raju | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Aruna Padala | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1994 | Aruna Padala | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1999 | Taddi Sanyasi Appala Naidu | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Aruna Padala | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2009 | Botcha Appalanarasayya | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kondapalli Appala Naidu | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Botcha Appalanarasayya | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Kondapalli Srinivas | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Aruna Padala | 45,530 | 47.80 | +13.37 |
| | INC | Narayana Appala Naidu Vangapandu | 35,168 | 36.92 | −2.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,362 | 10.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,251 | 78.73 | +2.38 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Botcha Appalanarasayya | 66,670 | 44.31 | −3.49 |
| | TDP | Aruna Padala | 38,996 | 25.92 | −11.00 |
| | PRP | Kadubandi Srinivasarao | 35,537 | 23.62 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,674 | 18.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,465 | 83.71 | +4.98 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kondapalli Appala Naidu | 65,118 | 40.97 | |
| | YSRCP | Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao | 45,694 | 28.75 | |
| | INC | Appalanarasayya Botcha | 44,325 | 27.89 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,423 | 12.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,713 | 85.46 | +1.75 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Botcha Appalanarasayya | 93,270 | 54.12 | |
| | TDP | Appalanaidu Kondapalli | 66,259 | 38.45 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,011 | 12.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,713 | 85.46 | +1.75 |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gajapathinagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kondapalli Srinivas | 98,051 | 54.99 |
| | YSRCP | Botcha Appalanarasayya | 72,750 | 40.8 |
| | INC | Dola Srinivas | 1,315 | 0.74 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 3,729 | 2.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,301 | 14.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,78,313 | |
| | TDP gain from YSRCP | TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | |