Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituency is a constituency in
Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
that elects representatives to the
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature.
The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-pa ...
in
India
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. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the
Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency
Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Visakhapatnam district.
Assembly segments
Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constitu ...
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Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi
Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...
is the current
MLA of the constituency, having won the
2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from
Telugu Desam Party
The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...
.
, there are a total of 271,215 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:
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2009
2014
2019
See also
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References
{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh