Vizianagaram Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 20
Total electors: 1,403,736 (2014 estimates)
Female electors: 564,891
Male electors: 554,616
Reserved: No
Delimited: Yes. In 2008, Bobbili constituency was dissolved and the area was merged with Vizianagaam to create a new constituency.
Assembly Constituencies: Bobbili, Rajam (SC), Gajapathinagaram, Nellimarla, Cheepurupalli, Vizianagaram, Etcherla
Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: Congress candidate Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi won the elections in the first election of the constituency in 2009. However, she was a distant third in the 2014 elections as TDP candidate Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati won.
Demographics: The Vizianagaram district has a population of 2,342,868 as per the 2011 census data. The region has an agrarian economy. And was recognised as an economically backward region in 2006.