A look back at the Election Results of Visakhapatnam in 2014

As evident from the rising political temperatures in the state, the election season this year promises to be nothing less than a battlefield. Multiple parties have been busy chalking out strategies to hoist their flag successfully for the coming five years. As is the case each year, Visakhapatnam would continue to play a key role in determining the Assembly election results. A look back at the election results in Vizag in 2014 just points out why.

The district has 3 Lok Sabha constituencies that include Anakapalle, Araku Valley and Visakhapatnam. It also has 15 Assembly constituencies which include Visakhapatnam (East, West, North, and South) constituencies, Anakapalle, Bheemili, Chodavaram, Yelamanchili, Madugula, Narsipatnam, Paderu, Pendurthi, Payakaraopeta, Araku Valley, and Gajuwaka.

To state some facts of the previous elections, Nara Chandrababu Naidu led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had won the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Winning 102 seats of the 175 constituencies from the state, the party had defeated Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) to assume the charges of the ruling party.

Election results for Lok Sabha Constituencies from Visakhapatnam in 2014

Constituency	Winning Candidate	Against	Margin (No. of Votes)
Anakapalle	Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (TDP)	Gudivada Amarnath (YSRCP)	47,932
Araku Valley	Kothapalli Geetha (YSRCP)	Gummidi Sandhya Rani (TDP)	91,398
Visakhapatnam	Kambhampati Hari Babu (BJP)	Y.S Vijayamma (YSRCP)	90,488

Results for Assembly Constituencies from Visakhapatnam in 2014

Constituency	Winning Candidate	Against	Margin (No. of Votes)
Anakapalle	Peela Govinda Satyanarayana (TDP)	Raghunath Konathala (YSRCP)	22,341
Bheemili	Ganta Srinivas Rao (TDP)	Karri Sita Ramu (YSRCP)	37,226
Chodavaram	Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju (TDP)	Karanam Dharmasri (YSRCP)	612
Yelamanchili	Panchakarla Ramesh Babu (TDP)	Pragada Nageswara Rao (YSRCP)	8,375
Madugula	Budi Mutyala Naidu (YSRCP)	Gavireddy Rama Naidu (TDP)	4,761
Narsipatnam	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu (TDP)	Uma Sankar Ganesh Petla (YSRCP)	2,338
Paderu	Giddi Eswari (YSRCP)	Demudu Goddeti (CPI)	26,141
Pendurthi	Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy (TDP)	Gandi Babji (YSRCP)	18,648
Payakaraopeta	Vangalapudi Anitha (TDP)	Changala Venkata Rao (YSRCP)	2,828
Araku Valley	Kidari Sarveswara Rao (TDP) (Post his death, his son Kidari Sravan was inducted into the cabinet)	Siveri Soma (YSRCP)	34,053
Gajuwaka	Palla Srinivasa Rao (TDP)	Nagireddy Tippala (YSRCP)	21,712
Visakhapatnam East	Ramakrishna Babu Velagapudi (TDP)	Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao (YSRCP)	47,883
Visakhapatnam West	PGVR Naidu (TDP)	Dadi Ratnakar (YSRCP)	30,857
Visakhapatnam South	Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar (TDP)	Kola Guruvulu (YSRCP)	18,316
Visakhapatnam North	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju (BJP)	Chokkakula Venkata Rao (YSRCP)	18,240