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{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Bhimavaram
| map =
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
| electorate = 246,342
| year = 2019
| reserved = General
| mla = Grandhi Srinivas
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
}}

'''Bhimavaram (Assembly constituency)''' is a constituency in [[West Godavari district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], representing the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> It is one of the seven assembly segments of [[Narasapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Achanta (Assembly constituency)|Achanta]], [[Palakollu (Assembly constituency)|Palakollu]], [[Narsapuram (Assembly constituency)|Narasapuram]], [[Undi (Assembly constituency)|Undi]], [[Tanuku (Assembly constituency)|Tanuku]] and [[Tadepalligudem (Assembly constituency)|Tadepalligudem]].<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=20, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> ''Grandhi Srinivas'' is the present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074223/http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019, there were a total of 246,342 electors in the constituency.<ref name="electors">{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>{{update after|2024}}

== Mandals ==

The mandals and wards that forms the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />

{| class="wikitable"
!S.No
!Mandal !! Wards
|-
|1
|[[Bhimavaram mandal]] || ([[Bhimavaram]] (M+OG), [[Bhimavaram]] (M) – Ward No. 1 to 27, [[Chinaamiram|China-Amiram]] (OG) (Part) – Ward No. 28, Rayalam (R) (OG) (Part) – Ward No. 29)
|-
|2
|[[Veeravasaram]] || <center>–</center>
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" | Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 2009
| [[Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| [[Grandhi Srinivas]]
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly Elections 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhimavaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Grandhi Srinivas]]
|votes = 63,939
|percentage = 51.03
|change = +16.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatsa]]
|votes = 56,034
|percentage = 44.72
|change = -17.67
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,905
|percentage = 6.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 125,302
|percentage = 72.74
|change = +8.16
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Bhimavaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)]]
|votes = 63,862
|percentage = 40.40
|change = -10.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = [[Vegesna Suryanarayana Raju]]
|votes = 41,763
|percentage = 26.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Gadiraju Satyanarayana Raju @ Babu]]
|votes = 39,818
|percentage = 25,19
|change = -19.53
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,099
|percentage = 13.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 158,071
|percentage = 81.28
|change = +8.54
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhimavaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)]]
|votes = 90,772
|percentage = 51.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[Grandhi Srinivas]]
|votes = 77,046
|percentage = 43.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,726
|percentage = 7.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 175,871
|percentage = 77.94
|change = -3.34
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhimavaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=[[Grandhi Srinivas]]|votes=70,642|percentage=36.78|change=-7.03}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jana Sena Party|candidate=[[Pawan Kalyan]]|votes=62,285|percentage=32.43|change=+32.43}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Ramanjaneyulu Pulaparthi (Anjibabu)]]|votes=54,037|percentage=28.14|change=-23.47}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,357|percentage=4.35|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=192,061|percentage=77.97|change=+0.02}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner =YSR Congress Party
|loser =Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Godavari district]]

Bhimavaram Assembly constituency - Revision history

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