Vizianagaram District Profile : LS And Assembly Constituencies

Vizianagaram: Named after the princely state of Vizianagaram, the district is situated in the northern coastal part and is the least populous in Andhra Pradesh. The town of Vizianagaram is the district headquarters. The population of the district is 23.44 lakh.

The district is bounded on the east by the district of Srikakulam, southwest by the district of Visakhapatnam, southeast by the Bay of Bengal, and northwest by the state of Odisha.

Vizianagaram, considered the smallest district in the State when it comes to the number of constituencies, has nine Assembly seats that fall in three Parliamentary constituencies. The district has two ST and one SC reserved seats. The three parliamentary constituencies in Vizianagaram district are Visakhapatnam, Araku, Vizianagaram.

The delimitation has reduced its number of Assembly constituencies from 12 to nine. The Assembly segments of Terlam, Bhogapuram and Sativada have been merged with other constituencies.

The YSRC is banking on the anti-incumbency factor to win the seats in the district. Botcha Satyanarayana, who had the experience of leading the Congress to victory in the area in undivided Andhra Pradesh, is entrusted with the responsibility of steering the YSRC candidates to victory.

Talking about problems of the constituency, it reels under drought and is one of the most backward areas, leading to huge labour and farmer migration to other cities.

Vizianagaram 3 Parliamentary Seats:

Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha Seat:

The Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha was one of the two Lok Sabha seats the BJP won in Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The constituency is spread across Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts. The Congress had won the seat nine times, the last in 2009.

In 2014, the BJP in alliance with TDP won the seat. TDP's Kambhampati Hari Babu defeating Y.S Vijayamma of the YSRCP by over 90,000 votes.

The main fight is between the TDP and the YSRCP from the constituency. The TSP had won the seat thrice since it debuted in 1984.

Candidates for Visakhapatnam in 2019:

The Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency will see a keen quadrangular contest between the YSRCP, which has fielded a prominent builder, MVV Satyanarayana, Balakrishna's son-in-law, MV Bharat and Jana Sena's VV Lakshminarayana, former CBI official and BJP's heavyweight, Purandeswari.

• TDP: M Sri Bharat
• YSRCP: MVV Satyanarayana
• Jana Sena: Former CBI joint director VV Lakshminarayana
• Congress: Chief of its women’s wing Pedada Ramani Kumari
• BJP: Former Union minister D Purandeswari

2. Araku Lok Sabha seat:

Araku is the only constituency Lok Sabha constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribes out of 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh. In 2014, the YSRCP won the seat defeating TDP’s Gummidi Sandhyarani.

The welfare and development of tribal communities is a major election issue among different parties.

It's going to be an interesting fight between a veteran tribal leader and his daughter in Araku Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

A six-time Parliamentarian and former union minister Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, who is contesting as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate is fighting against his daughter, New Delhi-based lawyer and social activist V. Shruti Devi fielded by the Congress.

Candidates for the Araku Seat:

• TDP: Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
• YSRCP: Goddeti Madhavi
• Congress: V. Shruti Devi
• Jana Sena: Vampuru Gangulaiah

3. Vizianagaram Lok Sabha Seat:

A relatively new constituency, it came into existence in 2008. It is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and is spread across Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts.

The Vizianagaram parliamentary constituency is represented by the Former Union Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju.

In 2014, Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju of the TDP won the seat defeating Venkata Rangarao Ravu of the YSR Congress by over one lakh votes.

Candidates for the Vizianagaram Lok sabha Seat:

• TDP: Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
• YSRCP: Bellana Chandra Sekhar
• Congress: Adiraju Yedla
• Jana Sena Party: Mukka Sreenivasa Rao

Assembly Constituencies:

Vizianagaram has nine Assembly seats that fall in three Parliamentary constituencies. Below are the candidates and the parties who will be fighting from the various constituencies.

Bobbili: YSRCP's Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu will take on TDP's Sujayahrishna Rangarao and Girisa Appalaswamy of the Jana Sena

Kurupam: The fight is against the TDP's Janardhan Dhatraj vs YSRCP's Pamula Pushpa Sreevani vs Jana Sena's Kolaka Avinash.

Cheepurupalle: It is a fight between the TDP's Kamidi Nagarjuna and YSRCP's heavyweight, Botcha Satyanarayana. Mailapalli Srinivasarao is the Jana Sena candidate.

Parvathipuram: In this segment, TDP candidate Bobbili Chiranjeevulu will take on YSRCP's Alajangi Joga Raju and Gongada Gouri Shankar Rao of the Jana Sena.

Salur: TDP's RP Banjdev will have a tough battle with YSRCP's Rajanna Dora Peedika and Bonala Govindamma of the Jana Sena.

Srungavarapukota: It is a fight between the TDP's Kolla Lalitha Kumari vs YSRCP's Kudabanda Srinivas vs Jana Sena's P Kameshwara Rao.

Gajapathinagaram: Here the contest is between TDP candidate K. Appala Naidu and YSRCP candidate Botcha Appala Narasayya. Talachutla Rajiv Kumar is the Jana Sena candidate.

Nellimarla: It is a fight between TDP's Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu vs YSRCP's B Appalanaidu and Jana Sena's Lokam Naga Madhavi.

Vizianagaram: From this assembly segment, the fight is between YSRCP's Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy and TDP's Adithi Gajapathiraju vs Jana Sena's Palavalasa Yesasvi.

Lok Sabha election 2019 in all 25 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh will be held on April 11. The state will also see simultaneous assembly election 2019. The counting of votes of both the elections will be done on May 23.

Also Read: Prakasam District: Lok Sabha And Assembly Constituencies, Candidate Profiles