Lok Sabha constituency Visakhapatnam is one of the twenty-five Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh. It will go to polls on May 13. The results will be declared on June 4.
Ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP's) candidate Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi faces a tough battle in Visakhapatnam against Telugu Desam Party's Sri Bharat and Congress's P Sathyanarayana Reddy.
Botsa Lakshmi is the wife of the State Education Minister and YSRCP senior leader, Botsa Satyanarayana.
Sri Bharat is the son-in-law of actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.
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"TDP and Jana Sena have joined hands with BJP, which is privatizing the steel plant. If we vote for the alliance and they win, it would wrongly signal that we support privatization. Our vote holds the power to prevent this outcome and safeguard the Vizag Steel Plant. Hence, I am urging people not to vote for such parties," Laxmi told last week.
In the 2019 general elections, MVV Satyanarayana of YSRCP defeated TDP's Bharat Mathukumilli