Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Chinta Anuradha (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 39,966 votes over Ganti Harish Madhur (Balayogi). This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy Indian National Congress 151,439 46.5% Keneti Mohana Rao (Communist Party of India) 12,570 (3.9 pts)
1967 S. Bayya Indian National Congress 141,722 41.3% D. Eda (Communist Party of India) 63,266 (18.4 pts)
1971 B. S. Murthy Indian National Congress 301,405 82.1% Penumala Gopalakrishna (Congress (O)) 257,559 (70.2 pts)
1977 Kusuma Krishna Murty Indian National Congress 271,982 64.7% B. V. Ramanayya (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 135,989 (32.3 pts)
1980 Kusuma Krishnamurthi Congress (I) 244,283 61.6% Iswari Bai (Janata Party) 121,090 (30.6 pts)
1984 Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Buthci Maheswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 317,481 61.2% Kusuma Krishna Murthy (Indian National Congress) 119,731 (23.1 pts)
1989 Kusuma Krishna Murty Indian National Congress 339,419 53.7% Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi Maheswara Rao (Telugu Desam Party) 54,781 (8.7 pts)
1991 Balayogi G.M.C. Telugu Desam Party 273,490 53.2% Kusunma Krishan Murthy (Indian National Congress) 87,487 (17.0 pts)
1996 K.S.R Murthy Indian National Congress 245,477 39.5% Balayogi G.M.C. (Telugu Desam Party) 29,131 (4.7 pts)
1998 Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Telugu Desam Party 286,953 43.6% K.S.R.Murthy (Indian National Congress) 90,240 (13.7 pts)
1999 Ganti Mohanachandra Balayogi Telugu Desam Party 368,476 55.6% Gollapalli Suryarao (Indian National Congress) 118,879 (17.9 pts)
2004 G.V. Harsha Kumar Indian National Congress 350,346 49.7% Dunna Janardhana Rao (Telugu Desam Party) 41,485 (5.9 pts)
2009 G.V.Harsha Kumar Indian National Congress 368,501 36.0% Pothula Prameela Devi (PRAP) 40,005 (3.9 pts)
2014 Dr Pandula Ravindra Babu Telugu Desam Party 594,547 53.0% Pinipe Viswarupu (YSR Congress Party) 120,576 (10.8 pts)
2019 Chinta Anuradha YSR Congress Party 485,313 40.0% Ganti Harish Madhur (Balayogi) (Telugu Desam Party) 39,966 (3.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy Indian National Congress 151,439 46.5%
Keneti Mohana Rao Communist Party of India 138,869 42.6%
Ganta Arunakumar REP 35,465 10.9%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. Bayya Indian National Congress 141,722 41.3%
D. Eda Communist Party of India 78,456 22.8%
M.R. Kaneti CPI (Marxist) 70,842 20.6%
V. Bathula RPI 52,488 15.3%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. S. Murthy Indian National Congress 301,405 82.1%
Penumala Gopalakrishna Congress (O) 43,846 11.9%
B. V. Ramanayya RPK 21,746 5.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kusuma Krishna Murty Indian National Congress 271,982 64.7%
B. V. Ramanayya Bharatiya Lok Dal 135,993 32.3%
Mohanarao Kanety Independent 12,534 3.0%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kusuma Krishnamurthi Congress (I) 244,283 61.6%
Iswari Bai Janata Party 123,193 31.1%
Bonthu Venkateswara Rao Congress (U) 20,725 5.2%
Janga Srinivasa Rao Independent 8,156 2.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Buthci Maheswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 317,481 61.2%
Kusuma Krishna Murthy Indian National Congress 197,750 38.1%
Chuttugulla Veeraswamy Independent 3,178 0.6%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kusuma Krishna Murty Indian National Congress 339,419 53.7%
Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi Maheswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 284,638 45.0%
Geddam Ranga Nadha Swami Bahujan Samaj Party 4,598 0.7%
Badugu Surya Narayana Murty Independent 2,813 0.4%
Bonthu Ramesh Babu Independent 819 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Balayogi G.M.C. Telugu Desam Party 273,490 53.2%
Kusunma Krishan Murthy Indian National Congress 186,003 36.2%
Janga Ramadasu Bharatiya Janata Party 28,468 5.5%
N.M. Rushi Independent 9,198 1.8%
Nakka Chittibabu Independent 9,109 1.8%
Geddadi Sivasankar Bahujan Samaj Party 3,100 0.6%
Chuttugulla Veeraswamy Independent 1,805 0.4%
Suryanarayana Murthy Badugu Independent 1,016 0.2%
Bonthu Ramesh Babu Independent 827 0.2%
Rapaka Jhansi Lakshmi Bai (W) Independent 751 0.1%
Praturi Damayan Kumar Independent 377 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K.S.R Murthy Indian National Congress 245,477 39.5%
Balayogi G.M.C. Telugu Desam Party 216,346 34.8%
Babu Mohan Palli NTRTDP(LP) 143,718 23.1%
Ayyaji Vema Manepalli Bharatiya Janata Party 6,263 1.0%
V. Rajasekhara Sinha Independent 2,804 0.5%
Kondepudi Atchiraju Independent 2,566 0.4%
Chuttugulla Veeraswamy Independent 1,578 0.3%
Geddam Suribabu Independent 845 0.1%
Deverapalli Srinuvasu Rao Independent 718 0.1%
Ramesh Babu Bonthu Independent 638 0.1%
Vundru Ananda Rao Independent 372 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Telugu Desam Party 286,953 43.6%
K.S.R.Murthy Indian National Congress 196,713 29.9%
Umamaheswara Rao Kommabathula Bharatiya Janata Party 172,301 26.2%
Boddapalli Nageswara Rao Independent 1,494 0.2%
Mohan Rao Golla ANP 1,108 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ganti Mohanachandra Balayogi Telugu Desam Party 368,476 55.6%
Gollapalli Suryarao Indian National Congress 249,597 37.6%
Akumarthi Suryanarayana MCPI(S) 26,487 4.0%
Saka Yesuratnam ATDP 16,769 2.5%
Akumarthi Aseervadamu AJBP 1,920 0.3%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
G.V. Harsha Kumar Indian National Congress 350,346 49.7%
Dunna Janardhana Rao Telugu Desam Party 308,861 43.9%
Muneeswara Rao Bhupati Independent 26,699 3.8%
Yalangi Ramesh Independent 9,550 1.4%
D. Muralikrishna Bahujan Samaj Party 8,768 1.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
G.V.Harsha Kumar Indian National Congress 368,501 36.0%
Pothula Prameela Devi PRAP 328,496 32.1%
Doctor Gedela Varalakshmi Telugu Desam Party 264,524 25.8%
Akumarthi Suryanarayana TPPP 17,999 1.8%
Kommabattula Uma Maheswara Rao Bharatiya Janata Party 12,730 1.2%
Yalangi Ramesh Independent 7,675 0.7%
Bheemarao Ramji Muthabathula PPOI 7,261 0.7%
Kiran Kumar Binepe PBHP 4,810 0.5%
Geddam Sampada Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 4,732 0.5%
P.V.Chakravarthi RPI(KH) 4,480 0.4%
Masa Ramadasu RDMP 2,557 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr Pandula Ravindra Babu Telugu Desam Party 594,547 53.0%
Pinipe Viswarupu YSR Congress Party 473,971 42.3%
Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi Maheswara Rao Indian National Congress 12,182 1.1%
G.V.Harsha Kumar JSP 9,931 0.9%
Geddam Sampada Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 7,219 0.6%
None Of The Above Independent 6,141 0.5%
Kunche Pedasatyanarayana PPI 4,560 0.4%
Konki Venkata Rao RP(K) 3,233 0.3%
Vijaya Chakravarthy Panthagada RPI(K) 2,867 0.3%
Vaddi Winston Churchill Independent 1,684 0.2%
Yalangi Ramesh Independent 1,171 0.1%
Kasi Chandramouli Independent 1,110 0.1%
Undru Gani Raju Independent 862 0.1%
Bhaskara Rao Bunga Independent 824 0.1%
Kommu Satyavathi Independent 625 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chinta Anuradha YSR Congress Party 485,313 40.0%
Ganti Harish Madhur (Balayogi) Telugu Desam Party 445,347 36.7%
D M R Sekhar Janata Party 254,848 21.0%
Ayyaji Vema Manepalli Bharatiya Janata Party 11,516 0.9%
Janga Goutham Indian National Congress 7,878 0.6%
Revu Sudhakar Independent 2,771 0.2%
Mortha Siva Rama Krishna PPI 1,950 0.2%
Muralikrishna Kanderi IPBP 1,802 0.1%
Panthagada Vijaya Chakravarthy RPI(K) 1,801 0.1%
Chelle Rajani JJP 1,228 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1962: Indian National Congress margin 3.9 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 18.4 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 70.2 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 32.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 30.6 pts 1984: Telugu Desam Party margin 23.1 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 8.7 pts 1991: Telugu Desam Party margin 17.0 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 4.7 pts 1998: Telugu Desam Party margin 13.7 pts 1999: Telugu Desam Party margin 17.9 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 5.9 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 3.9 pts 2014: Telugu Desam Party margin 10.8 pts 2019: YSR Congress Party margin 3.3 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Amalapuram has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Amalapuram in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Chinta Anuradha (YSR Congress Party) won Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 485,313 votes (40.0%), a margin of 39,966 votes over Ganti Harish Madhur (Balayogi).

Which parties have won Amalapuram since 1962?

Since 1962, Amalapuram has been won by: Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party.

What was the closest result in Amalapuram?

The closest result on record for Amalapuram was 2019, when YSR Congress Party beat Telugu Desam Party by just 39,966 votes (3.3 percentage points).

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