Sitting MLAs have been retained in most of the Assembly constituencies in the combined Visakhapatnam district, as per the final MLA candidates list announced by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on March 16. There were no surprises in the list, as most of the candidates were already being appointed as the constituency in-charges and were busy campaigning in the constituencies.
Coming to Visakhapatnam, as expected, Visakhapatnam MP M. V. V. Satyanarayana will be contesting for Visakhapatnam East MLA seat as the YSRCP candidate against the sitting Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, who was also announced as the candidate. YSRCP leader Adari Anand will be contesting from Visakhapatnam West AC. It may be remembered that Adari Anand had contested as Anakapalli MP candidate for the TDP in the previous elections in 2019. He will have to face siting MLA P.G.V.R. Naidu alias Gana Babu from the TDP.
The YSRCP has allotted South AC ticket to the TDP rebel MLA Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar and North AC ticket to NREDCAP Chairman K. K. Raju. The TDP-JSP-BJP alliance are yet to announce candidates in these two ACs.
