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Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Talari Rangaiah (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 141,428 votes over J.C. Pavan Reddy. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 T. Nagi Reddy Communist Party of India 98,976 50.9% Paidi Lakshmayya (Indian National Congress) 10,801 (5.5 pts)
1962 Osman Ali Khan Indian National Congress 120,826 41.6% I. Sadasivan (Communist Party of India) 24,868 (8.6 pts)
1967 P. A. Reddy Indian National Congress 135,685 40.6% I. Sadasivan (Communist Party of India) 62,614 (18.7 pts)
1971 Antony Reddi Ponnapati Indian National Congress 200,701 62.7% Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (Congress (O)) 89,057 (27.8 pts)
1977 Darur Pullaiah Indian National Congress 215,279 55.4% D. Narayanaswamy (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 42,208 (10.9 pts)
1980 Darur Pullaiah Congress (I) 171,838 49.3% D. Narayanaswmy (Janata Party) 73,277 (21.0 pts)
1984 Devineni Narayana Swamy Telugu Desam Party 302,307 59.1% Daruru Pullaiah (Indian National Congress) 108,649 (21.2 pts)
1989 Anantha Venkata Reddy Indian National Congress 349,685 53.8% G. Ramanna Chowdary (Telugu Desam Party) 59,482 (9.2 pts)
1991 Anantha Venkata Reddy Indian National Congress 362,676 59.1% B.T.L.N. Chowdary (Telugu Desam Party) 162,284 (26.5 pts)
1996 Anantha Venkatarami Reddy Indian National Congress 284,845 44.6% R.Rangappa (Communist Party of India) 78,859 (12.3 pts)
1998 Anantha Venkatarami Reddy Indian National Congress 320,474 47.7% K.Ramakrishna (Communist Party of India) 82,398 (12.2 pts)
1999 Kalava Srinivasulu Telugu Desam Party 378,488 50.3% Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy (Indian National Congress) 21,102 (2.8 pts)
2004 Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy Indian National Congress 458,925 52.4% Kalava Srinivasulu (Telugu Desam Party) 73,404 (8.4 pts)
2009 Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy Indian National Congress 457,876 45.8% Kalava Srinivasulu (Telugu Desam Party) 77,921 (7.8 pts)
2014 J.C. Divakar Reddi Telugu Desam Party 606,509 50.3% Anantha Venkataramireddy (YSR Congress Party) 61,269 (5.1 pts)
2019 Talari Rangaiah YSR Congress Party 695,208 52.4% J.C. Pavan Reddy (Telugu Desam Party) 141,428 (10.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
T. Nagi Reddy Communist Party of India 98,976 50.9%
Paidi Lakshmayya Indian National Congress 88,175 45.3%
Vedantham Lakshmaiah Independent 7,403 3.8%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Osman Ali Khan Indian National Congress 120,826 41.6%
I. Sadasivan Communist Party of India 95,958 33.0%
Dabbara Aswarthappa Swatantra Party 51,131 17.6%
Vedantham Lakshmaiah Independent 22,494 7.7%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
P. A. Reddy Indian National Congress 135,685 40.6%
I. Sadasivan Communist Party of India 73,071 21.9%
P. H. K. Reddy CPI (Marxist) 65,565 19.6%
L. Vedantham Independent 59,945 17.9%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Antony Reddi Ponnapati Indian National Congress 200,701 62.7%
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Congress (O) 111,644 34.9%
Vedantham Lakshmaiah Independent 7,859 2.5%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Darur Pullaiah Indian National Congress 215,279 55.4%
D. Narayanaswamy Bharatiya Lok Dal 173,071 44.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Darur Pullaiah Congress (I) 171,838 49.3%
D. Narayanaswmy Janata Party 98,561 28.3%
N. Rajasekhara Reddy Communist Party of India 76,649 22.0%
Y. Narrayana Reddy Independent 1,674 0.5%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devineni Narayana Swamy Telugu Desam Party 302,307 59.1%
Daruru Pullaiah Indian National Congress 193,658 37.9%
Rentala Sudhakara Gupta Independent 5,266 1.0%
Juturu Chennappa Independent 1,771 0.3%
M.Swami Rao Independent 1,575 0.3%
C.Venkatachalapathi Independent 1,486 0.3%
Lakshmi Narayana Independent 1,192 0.2%
Motappa Independent 1,069 0.2%
M.Usman Independent 802 0.2%
Bagalokota Rama Rao Independent 654 0.1%
Yatam Narayana Reddy Independent 643 0.1%
S.Chinnappa Setty Independent 474 0.1%
Adavula Narayana Independent 306 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anantha Venkata Reddy Indian National Congress 349,685 53.8%
G. Ramanna Chowdary Telugu Desam Party 290,203 44.7%
P.J. Dhanaraj Bahujan Samaj Party 6,484 1.0%
B. Ramrarao Independent 3,003 0.5%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anantha Venkata Reddy Indian National Congress 362,676 59.1%
B.T.L.N. Chowdary Telugu Desam Party 200,392 32.7%
Venkataswamy Muthuluru Bharatiya Janata Party 38,767 6.3%
Gurugu Venkatadasu Independent 3,667 0.6%
K. Narayanaswamy Janata Party 3,237 0.5%
Motappa Independent 1,933 0.3%
Adavula Narayana Independent 959 0.2%
Pujari Narayana Independent 878 0.1%
Bagalakota Rame Rao Independent 789 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anantha Venkatarami Reddy Indian National Congress 284,845 44.6%
R.Rangappa Communist Party of India 205,986 32.3%
V Prabhakara Chowdary NTRTDP(LP) 94,485 14.8%
Veluri Kesava Chowdari Bharatiya Janata Party 21,802 3.4%
Nagaraju Independent 5,426 0.8%
Nimmala Nehaji Independent 3,943 0.6%
Pateel Ramalinga Reddy Independent 2,629 0.4%
T Chandrayudu Independent 2,403 0.4%
Chandragiri Motappa Independent 2,391 0.4%
K.Krishna Reddy Independent 2,303 0.4%
M.Prabhakar Independent 1,774 0.3%
Vaikuntam Prasadu Naidu Independent 1,366 0.2%
R.Madhusudhana Rao Independent 1,296 0.2%
Bagalakota Ramarao Independent 1,131 0.2%
J.C.Salaiah Independent 974 0.2%
Bokkasam Ramamohan Independent 910 0.1%
Rachamadugu Subramanyam Independent 874 0.1%
G.Jaganmohan Reddy Independent 845 0.1%
Boya Bhaskar Independent 825 0.1%
S Khaja Hussain Independent 821 0.1%
S.Surendra Prasad Independent 764 0.1%
M.Osman Independent 505 0.1%
G.C.Ravindra Nath Independent 338 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anantha Venkatarami Reddy Indian National Congress 320,474 47.7%
K.Ramakrishna Communist Party of India 238,076 35.4%
Veluri Kesava Chowdari Bharatiya Janata Party 93,339 13.9%
C. Peddanna Independent 9,273 1.4%
Bangi Sudarshan Independent 5,516 0.8%
M.Adil Basha Independent 2,662 0.4%
Belagalla Ramesh Babu Independent 1,430 0.2%
M.Venkataramudu Independent 1,085 0.2%
J. Bheemalingaiah Independent 673 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kalava Srinivasulu Telugu Desam Party 378,488 50.3%
Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy Indian National Congress 357,386 47.5%
A. Ramachandra Chowdary ATDP 14,823 2.0%
Y. Pothulaiah Independent 1,251 0.2%
Bheemalingaiah. H Independent 890 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy Indian National Congress 458,925 52.4%
Kalava Srinivasulu Telugu Desam Party 385,521 44.1%
Gaddala Nagabhushanam Bahujan Samaj Party 9,296 1.1%
Yatham Pothalaiah Independent 7,102 0.8%
K. Venkatesulu PPOI 6,232 0.7%
A. Jagan Mohan Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi 4,419 0.5%
B. S. Amarnath Independent 3,640 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anantha Venkata Rami Reddy Indian National Congress 457,876 45.8%
Kalava Srinivasulu Telugu Desam Party 379,955 38.0%
Mansoor PRAP 102,047 10.2%
Ambati Rama Krishna Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party 16,540 1.7%
J C Ramanjula Reddy Independent 9,179 0.9%
K P Narayana Swamy Independent 8,908 0.9%
Amarnath LSP 6,340 0.6%
Gaddala Nagabhushanam Bahujan Samaj Party 5,921 0.6%
Devella Murali Independent 4,781 0.5%
T Chandra Sekhar Independent 3,346 0.3%
G Hari PPOI 3,232 0.3%
Krushnapuram Gayathri Devi CPI (ML) Liberation 2,083 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
J.C. Divakar Reddi Telugu Desam Party 606,509 50.3%
Anantha Venkataramireddy YSR Congress Party 545,240 45.2%
Anil Chowdary. P Indian National Congress 16,659 1.4%
None Of The Above Independent 8,798 0.7%
T.Kuldeep Chowdary STR 6,517 0.5%
Kasani Nagaraju Bahujan Samaj Party 6,201 0.5%
Shaik. Mohammad Shafi. Independent 3,018 0.3%
Boya Anil Kumar JSP 2,779 0.2%
D. Somanath Independent 2,263 0.2%
Pavan Kumar PPI 2,070 0.2%
B. Srinivasulu Independent 1,589 0.1%
Buzireddy Venugopal Reddy ICSP 1,381 0.1%
G. Nagaraju Independent 1,086 0.1%
G. Lalitha SUCI(C) 944 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Talari Rangaiah YSR Congress Party 695,208 52.4%
J.C. Pavan Reddy Telugu Desam Party 553,780 41.8%
K.Rajiv Reddy Indian National Congress 30,079 2.3%
D.Jagadeesh Communist Party of India 20,294 1.5%
Hamsa Devineni Bharatiya Janata Party 7,604 0.6%
S.V.P. Yadav Independent 4,398 0.3%
P. Rangaiah Independent 3,588 0.3%
Somanath Deshmukh Independent 3,237 0.2%
Vadde Kasinath Independent 2,066 0.2%
L. Rangaiah Independent 1,691 0.1%
P.Radha Krishna RD 1,220 0.1%
M.Venkatesulu PPI 1,048 0.1%
G. Lalitha SUCI(C) 899 0.1%
Gadidama Ranganayakulu VJP 728 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Communist Party of India margin 5.5 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 8.6 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 18.7 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 27.8 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 10.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 21.0 pts 1984: Telugu Desam Party margin 21.2 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 9.2 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 26.5 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 12.3 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 12.2 pts 1999: Telugu Desam Party margin 2.8 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 8.4 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 7.8 pts 2014: Telugu Desam Party margin 5.1 pts 2019: YSR Congress Party margin 10.7 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Anantapur has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Anantapur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Talari Rangaiah (YSR Congress Party) won Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 695,208 votes (52.4%), a margin of 141,428 votes over J.C. Pavan Reddy.

Which parties have won Anantapur since 1957?

Since 1957, Anantapur has been won by: Communist Party of India, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party.

What was the closest result in Anantapur?

The closest result on record for Anantapur was 1999, when Telugu Desam Party beat Indian National Congress by just 21,102 votes (2.8 percentage points).

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