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Vizianagaram: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won the elections by a margin of 106911 votes. The polling / voting in Vizianagaram constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 1 on 11 April. The major contest is between Telugu Desam Party#s Ashok Gajapathi Raju and YSR Congress Party#s Bellani Chandrasekhar

Vizianagaram 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Telugu Desam Party won 15 out of the 25 parliamentary seat with 29.1 percent vote share while the YSR Congress Party managed to win just 8 seats with a 28.9 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Vizianagaram Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 79.79% Lok Sabha percent with 79.19% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 80.38% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 6528 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 9 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Vizianagaram, 7 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati of the Telugu Desam Party as he defeated Venkata Swetha Chalapathi Kumara Krishna Rangarao Ravu by a margin of 106911 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Vizianagaram constituency in Andhra Pradesh

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated Telugu Desam Party candidate by a margin of 60571 votes INC candidate Dr. Jhansi Lakshmi Botcha , had got 411584 while TDP got Appalanaidu Kondapalli votes.
• 1951 Lok Sabha Elections: In India's Very First Lok Sabha Polls, Samajwadi Party candidate had defeated INC candidate by a margin of 84555 votes SP candidate Kandala Subramaniam had got 112096 while INC got Pasumarihi Veerabhadraswami votes.

20:10 PM (IST)  •  25 Feb 2019

Article 35A and 370 require some serious deliberations and discussions. These issues are related to the Constitution of India and any decision on these cannot be taken in haste, says Salman Khurshid

20:22 PM (IST)  •  25 Feb 2019

No, Sonia Gandhi did not cry over Batla House encounter. I never said that. In fact, I was misquoted. Soniaji had said she cannot see images of an encounter: Salman Khurshid