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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 Indian constituency
| name = Gajuwaka
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (25-Gajuwaka highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Gajuwaka Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = [[Palla Srinivasa Rao]]
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| district = [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency|Visakhapatnam]]
| reservation = None
| electors = 3,10,011
| established = 2008
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 24
}}

'''Gajuwaka Assembly constituency''' is a constituency in [[Visakhapatnam district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] that elects representatives to the [[Andhra Pradesh 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 [[Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency]].<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>

Palla Srinivasarao is the current [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of the constituency, having won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref name=E2019>{{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 2024, there are a total of 309,326 electors in the constituency. In terms of registered number of electors, it is the largest assembly constituency in the state.<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><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly/pawan-kalyan-faces-a-fight-in-gajuwaka/article26714057.ece|title=Pawan Kalyan faces a fight in Gajuwaka|first=Sumit|last=Bhattacharjee|date=2 April 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008)''.

== Mandals ==
There are two mandals that come under this constituency:

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandals
|-
| [[Gajuwaka]]
|-
| [[Pedagantyada]]
|}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Rajyam Party}}
|-
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| [[Palla Srinivasa Rao]]
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
| [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| Tippala Nagireddy
| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|-
| [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| Palla Srinivasa Rao
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|}

==Election results==

=== 2024 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gajuwaka
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Telugu Desam Party
|candidate=[[Palla Srinivasa Rao]]
|votes=1,57,703
|percentage=47.16
|change={{Increase}}28.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=YSR Congress Party
|candidate=[[Amarnath Gudivada]]
|votes=62,468
|percentage=18.68
|change={{Decrease}}5.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate=K K Pradeep
|votes=4,316
|percentage=1.29
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=CPI(M)
|candidate=Jaggu Naidu M
|votes=3,970
|percentage=1.19
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=
|candidate=Remaining
|votes=4,354
|percentage=1.30
|change={{Decrease}}0.97
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,518
|percentage = 0.45
|change = {{Decrease}}0.12
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=2,34,329
|percentage=70.07
|change={{Increase}}5.79
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 3,34,399
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=95,235
|percentage=28.48
|change=
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gajuwaka }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=YSR Congress Party
|candidate=NagiReddy Tippala
|votes=75,292
|percentage=38.1
|change={{Decrease}}1.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Jana Sena Party
|candidate= [[Pawan Kalyan]]
|votes=58,539
|percentage=29.6
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Telugu Desam Party
|candidate=[[Palla Srinivasa Rao]]
|votes=56,642
|percentage=28.7
|change={{Decrease}}15.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=
|candidate=Remaining
|votes=7,047
|percentage=2.27
|change={{Decrease}}0.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,764
|percentage = 0.57
|change = {{Increase}}0.19
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=1,99,284
|percentage=64.28
|change={{Decrease}}0.64
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 3,10,011
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=16,753
|percentage=5.41
|change=
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gajuwaka
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = [[Palla Srinivasa Rao]]
|votes = 97,109
|percentage = 33.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = [[NagiReddy Tippala]]
|votes = 75,397
|percentage = 25.98
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = LSP
|candidate = [[Jampana Sridevi]]
|votes = 3,627
|percentage = 1.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[Narasinga Rao CH]]
|votes = 3,262
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Remaining
|votes = 7,903
|percentage = 2.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,103
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,88,401
|percentage = 64.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors
| reg. electors = 2,90,224
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,712
|percentage = 7.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = Praja Rajyam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gajuwaka}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Praja Rajyam Party
|candidate = Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah
|votes = 50,994
|percentage = 33.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Tippala Nagi Reddy
|votes = 33,087
|percentage = 21.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Tippala Gurumurthi Reddy
|votes = 29,547
|percentage = 19.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Chandada Narasinga Rao
|votes = 24,371
|percentage = 15.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,907
|percentage = 11.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 153,596
|percentage = 69.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Praja Rajyam Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Visakhapatnam district]]
[[Category:Politics of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]

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