# Vijayawada East Assembly constituency

Vijayawada East 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.
Most successful political parties
Gadde Rama Mohan is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 2,70,311 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 1967, as per the Delimitation Orders (1967).

## Mandals

The mandal and wards that form the assembly constituency are:
* Mandal
* Vijayawada Urban mandal (Part)
* Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 32, 36 to 41, 45 to 48 and 50 to 74).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Political party |
| 1967 | V. S. C. R. Tenneti | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Dammaalapaati Rama Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | N. Bhaskara Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Adusumilli JaiPrakasha Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1985 | Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Vangaveeti Ratna Kumari | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Vangaveeti Ratna Kumari | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Kota Srinivasa Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Vangaveeti Radha Krishna | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Yalamanchili Ravi | Praja Rajyam Party |
| 2014 | Gadde Rama Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Gadde Rama Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2024 | Gadde Rama Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PRP | Ravi Yelamanchili | 53,319 | 30.97 | |
| | INC | Devineni Rajasekhar | 53,129 | 30.86 | |
| | TDP | Gadde Rama Mohan | 52,274 | 30.36 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 | 0.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,187 | 68.65 | +22.29 |
| | PRP gain from INC | PRP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gadde Rama Mohan | 88,784 | 47.95 |
| | YSRCP | Vangaveeti Radhakrishna | 73,281 | 39.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,503 | 8.375 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 185,159 | 65.81 |
| | TDP gain from PRP | TDP gain from PRP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gadde Rama Mohan | 82,990 | 44.4 |
| | YSRCP | Boppana Bhava Kumar | 67,826 | 36.29 |
| | JSP | Battina Ramu | 30,137 | 16.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,164 | 8.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,86,923 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |

### 2024

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vijayawada East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Gadde Rama Mohan | 118,841 | 60.66 |
| | YSRCP | Devineni Avinash | 69,201 | 35.32 |
| | AIJP | Dasharath Kunapareddy | 2,765 | 1.41 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,049 | 0.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49,640 | 25.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,906 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |