With less than three weeks to go to the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, the political temperature is on the rise in Visakhapatnam. The parties have announced their MLA candidates for the 15 constituencies in Visakhapatnam and the political slugfest is fast gripping the district. From boasting about their past achievements to assuring flashy development that would be achieved if voted to power, candidates of different parties have been upping the ante in their campaigning strategies.
On the other hand, numerous candidates are in the race for the Lok Sabha seat from Visakhapatnam. Sri Bharat from Telugu Desam Party (TDP), MVV Satyanarayana from YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), VV Lakshmi Narayana from Janasena Party, Purandeswari Daggubati from BJP, Pedada Ramani Kumari from Congress, and Anmish Varma, an independent candidate, are among those who are in the race to emerge as the Member of Parliament from Visakhapatnam.
Here’s a list of the candidates, from the three major regional parties, who would be contesting for the 15 Assembly constituencies from Visakhapatnam.
Visakhapatnam MLA candidates list:
| Constituency | Telugu Desam Party Candidate | YSR Congress Party Candidate | Janasena Party Candidate |
| Visakhapatnam North | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | KK Raju | Pasupuleti Usha Kiran |
| Visakhapatnam East | Velagapudi Rama Krishna Babu | Akaramani Vijaya Nirmala | Kona Tata Rao |
| Visakhapatnam West | PGVR Naidu | Vijay Prasad Malla | JV Satyanarayana Murty (CPI) |
| Visakhapatnam South | Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar | Dronamraju Srinivas | Gampala Giridhar |
| Gajuwaka | Palla Srinivasa Rao | Tippala Nagi Reddy | Pawan Kalyan |
| Anakapalle | Peela Govinda Satyanarayana | Amarnath Gudivada | Paruchuri Bhaskar Rao |
| Pendurthi | Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy | Adeep Raj | Chintalapudi Venkata Ramiah |
| Bheemili | Sabbam Hari | Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao | Sandeep Panchakarla |
| Narsipatnam | Ayyanna Patrudu | Petla Uma Sankar Ganesh | Vegi Diwakar |
| Payakaraopet | B Bangaraiah | Golla Babu Rao | Nakka Rajababu |
| Araku Valley | Kidari Sravan Kumar | Chetti Palguna | Killo Surendra |
| Paderu | Giddi Eswari | Baghyalakshmi | Pasupuleti Bala Raju |
| Chodavaram | Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju | Dharmasri Karanam | PVSN Raju |
| Yelamanchili | Panchakarla Ramesh Babu | Uppalapati Venkata Ramana Murthy Raju | Sundarapu Vijay Kumar |
| Madugula | Gavireddy Ramanaidu | Budi Muthyala Naidu | G Sanyasi Naidu |
Andhra Pradesh will go for Lok Sabha and Aseembly polls on 11 April.
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