Visakhapatnam North | |
State: | Andhra Pradesh |
District: | Visakhapatnam |
Loksabha Cons: | Visakhapatnam |
Reservation: | None |
Established: | 2008 |
Type: | SLA |
Constituency No: | 23 |
Mla: | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju |
Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
Electors: | 280,151 |
Visakhapatnam North is a constituency in Visakhapatnam 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 Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janata Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 280,151 electors in the constituency.[3] The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).
The mandal and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Vijaya Kumar Thynala | ||
2014 | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju | ||
2019 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | ||
2024 | Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju |