Bhimavaram Assembly constituency

Bhimavaram
Constituency No. 59 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Location of Bhimavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictWest Godavari
LS constituencyNarasapuram
Established1951
Total electors246,342
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  JSP
Elected year2024

Bhimavaram is a constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Grandhi Srinivas is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party.[3] As of 2019, there are a total of 246,342 electors in the constituency.[4][needs update] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).

Mandals

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The mandals and wards that form the assembly constituency are:[2]

S.No Mandal Wards
1 Bhimavaram mandal (Bhimavaram (M+OG), Bhimavaram (M) – Ward No. 1 to 27, China-Amiram (OG) (Part) – Ward No. 28, Rayalam (R) (OG) (Part) – Ward No. 29)
2 Veeravasaram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Political party
1952 Bhupathiraju Subbaraju Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1955 Nachu Venkata Ramaiah Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju Independent
1972 Indian National Congress
1978 Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju Indian National Congress
1983 Penumatsa Venkata Narasimha Raju Telugu Desam Party
1985
1989 Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose Indian National Congress
1994 Penumatsa Venkata Narasimha Raju Telugu Desam Party
1995 by-election
1999
2004 Grandhi Srinivas Indian National Congress
2009 Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu
2014 Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu Telugu Desam Party
2019 Grandhi Srinivas YSR Congress Party
2024 Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu (Anji Babu) Jana Sena Party

Election results

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1952

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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KMPP Bhupathiraju Subbaraju 33,743 71.24%
INC Nimmda Sangaiah 9,595 20.26% 20.26%
Socialist Pidakala Satyanandam 4,028 8.50%
Margin of victory 24,148 50.98%
Turnout 47,366 72.80%
Registered electors 65,063
KMPP win (new seat)

2004

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2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Grandhi Srinivas 63,939 51.03 +16.44
TDP Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatsa 56,034 44.72 −17.67
Majority 7,905 6.31
Turnout 125,302 72.74 +8.16
INC gain from TDP Swing

2009

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2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu) 63,862 40.40 −10.63
PRP Vegesna Suryanarayana Raju 41,763 26.42
TDP Gadiraju Satyanarayana Raju @ Babu 39,818 25,19 −19.53
Majority 22,099 13.98
Turnout 158,071 81.28 +8.54
INC hold Swing

2014

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2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu) 90,772 51.61
YSRCP Grandhi Srinivas 77,046 43.81
Majority 13,726 7.80
Turnout 175,871 77.94 −3.34
TDP gain from INC Swing

2019

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2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YSRCP Grandhi Srinivas 70,642 36.78 −7.03
JSP Pawan Kalyan 62,285 32.33 +28.14
TDP Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu) 54,036 28.14 −23.47
Majority 8,357 4.35
Turnout 192,061 77.94 +0.00
YSRCP gain from TDP Swing

2024

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2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhimavaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JSP Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu) 130,424 63.94
YSRCP Grandhi Srinivas 63,450 31.11
INC Ankem Seetaramu 3,252 1.59
NOTA None Of The Above 1,210 0.59
Majority 66,974 32.83
Turnout 2,03,983
JSP gain from YSRCP Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. pp. 20, 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Electors Summary" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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