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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Gajapathinagaram
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
| electorate = 197,474
| year = 2019
| reserved = General
| mla = Appalanarasayya Botcha
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| parl_name = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
}}

'''Gajapathinagaram Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Vizianagaram 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 [[Vizianagaram (Lok Sabha constituency)]], along with [[Etcherla (Assembly constituency)|Etcherla]], [[Bobbili (Assembly constituency)|Bobbili]], [[Cheepurupalli (Assembly constituency)|Cheepurupalli]], [[Nellimarla (Assembly constituency)|Nellimarla]] and [[Vizianagaram (Assembly constituency)|Vizianagaram]].<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=17, 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> Appalanarasayya Botcha 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> {{As of|2019|03|25}}, there a total of 197,474 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>

== Mandals ==
The five [[Tehsil|mandals]] that forms the assembly constituency are:<ref name="constituencies" />
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| Gajapathinagaram
|-
| Bondapalle
|-
| Gantyada
|-
| Dattirajeru
|-
| Jami (Part)
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Member
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| 1955
| Kusum Gajapathiraju
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| 1959 ''(By-Polls)''
| Taddi Sanayasi Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 1962
| Taddi Sanayasi Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 1967
| Penumatcha Sambasivaraju
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 1972
| Penumatcha Sambasivaraju
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|1978
| Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| 1983
| Jampana Satyanarayana Raju
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1985
| Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1989
| Aruna Padala
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1994
| Aruna Padala
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 1999
| Taddi Sanyasi Appala Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2004
| Aruna Padala
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2009
| Botcha Appalanarasayya
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| [[Kondapalli Appala Naidu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| 2019
| Botcha Appalanarasayya
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}

== Election results ==
=== Assembly elections 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gajapathinagaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Aruna Padala
|votes = 45,530
|percentage = 47.80
|change = +13.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Narayana Appala Naidu Vangapandu
|votes = 35,168
|percentage = 36.92
|change = -2.96
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,362
|percentage = 10.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 95,251
|percentage = 78.73
|change = +2.38
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections]]: Gajapathinagaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Appalanarasayya Botcha
|votes = 66,670
|percentage = 44.31
|change = -3.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Aruna Padala
|votes = 38,996
|percentage = 25.92
|change = -11.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Kadubandi Srinivasarao
|votes = 35,537
|percentage = 23.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,674
|percentage = 18.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 150,465
|percentage = 83.71
|change = +4.98
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly elections 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gajapathinagaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Appalanaidu Kondapalli
|votes = 65,118
|percentage = 40.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao
|votes = 45,694
|percentage = 28.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Appalanarasayya Botcha
|votes = 44,325
|percentage = 27.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,423
|percentage = 12.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 159,713
|percentage = 85.46
|change = +1.75
}}
{{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]]: Gajapathinagaram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Appalanarasayya Botcha
|votes = 93,270
|percentage = 54.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Appalanaidu Kondapalli
|votes = 66,259
|percentage = 38.45
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,011
|percentage = 12.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 159,713
|percentage = 85.46
|change = +1.75
}}
{{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 Vizianagaram district]]

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