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Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Vanga Geethaviswanath (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 25,738 votes over Chalamalasetty Sunil. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 B.S. Murthy Indian National Congress 204,319 27.4% Mosalakanti Tirumala Rao (Indian National Congress) 9,440 (1.3 pts)
1962 Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao Indian National Congress 143,575 45.4% Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao (Communist Party of India) 18,684 (5.9 pts)
1967 T.R. Mosaliganti Indian National Congress 168,647 44.3% P.S. Sarma (Communist Party of India) 30,000 (7.9 pts)
1971 M. S. Sanjeevi Rao Indian National Congress 313,060 87.5% P. V. N. Raju (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 292,926 (81.8 pts)
1977 Sanjeevirao M. S. Indian National Congress 269,017 61.9% Vaddi Mutyalarao (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 123,268 (28.4 pts)
1980 Sanjeevi Rao M.S. Congress (I) 242,901 61.9% Vaddi Mutyala Rao (Janata Party) 162,977 (41.5 pts)
1984 Thota Gopala Krishna Telugu Desam Party 344,038 60.4% Sanjeeva Rao M.S. (Indian National Congress) 129,714 (22.8 pts)
1989 Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallamraju Indian National Congress 383,681 54.4% Thota Gopala Krishna (Telugu Desam Party) 82,983 (11.8 pts)
1991 Thota Subbarao Telugu Desam Party 287,357 48.9% Mangapati Pallamraju Mallipudi (Indian National Congress) 35,317 (6.0 pts)
1996 Gopalakrishna Thota Telugu Desam Party 308,480 42.4% Thota Subba Rao (Indian National Congress) 38,499 (5.3 pts)
1998 Krishnamraju U.V. Bharatiya Janata Party 330,381 41.1% Gopala Krishna Thota (Telugu Desam Party) 67,799 (8.4 pts)
1999 Mudragada Padmanabham Telugu Desam Party 435,811 53.6% Thota Subbarao (Indian National Congress) 121,435 (14.9 pts)
2004 Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju Indian National Congress 410,982 49.4% Mudragada Padmanabham (Telugu Desam Party) 57,252 (6.9 pts)
2009 M.M.Pallamraju Indian National Congress 323,607 33.5% Chalamalasetty Sunil (PRAP) 34,044 (3.5 pts)
2014 Thota Narasimham Telugu Desam Party 514,402 46.8% Chalamalasetty Sunil (YSR Congress Party) 3,431 (0.3 pts)
2019 Vanga Geethaviswanath YSR Congress Party 537,630 44.2% Chalamalasetty Sunil (Telugu Desam Party) 25,738 (2.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B.S. Murthy Indian National Congress 204,319 27.4%
Mosalakanti Tirumala Rao Indian National Congress 194,879 26.1%
Chelikani Vankata Rama Rao Communist Party of India 148,774 19.9%
Ealy Vadapally SCF 110,757 14.8%
Kasibatla Jagannadham Independent 33,300 4.5%
Neetipudi Ganapati Rao Independent 33,068 4.4%
C.V.K. Rao Independent 20,836 2.8%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao Indian National Congress 143,575 45.4%
Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao Communist Party of India 124,891 39.5%
Yeleti Seshagiri Rao Swatantra Party 47,824 15.1%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
T.R. Mosaliganti Indian National Congress 168,647 44.3%
P.S. Sarma Communist Party of India 138,647 36.5%
P. Chinta Independent 73,009 19.2%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. S. Sanjeevi Rao Indian National Congress 313,060 87.5%
P. V. N. Raju Bharatiya Jana Sangh 20,134 5.6%
C. V. K. Rao Independent 19,434 5.4%
Sathiraju Mummidi Independent 4,417 1.2%
Bhavaraju Surya Bhaskara Rao Independent 878 0.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanjeevirao M. S. Indian National Congress 269,017 61.9%
Vaddi Mutyalarao Bharatiya Lok Dal 145,749 33.5%
Chinta Subbarao Independent 11,151 2.6%
Dadala Ramanayya Independent 5,557 1.3%
Chintapalli Apparao Independent 3,170 0.7%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanjeevi Rao M.S. Congress (I) 242,901 61.9%
Vaddi Mutyala Rao Janata Party 79,924 20.4%
Mulasa Suryanarayana Janata Party (Secular) 35,353 9.0%
Bandili Moses Independent 11,568 2.9%
Appari Ummamaheswara Rao Independent 4,913 1.3%
Bedampudi Satteyya Independent 4,496 1.1%
Seetharamaraju Saripella Independent 4,478 1.1%
Chinta Subba Rao Independent 3,859 1.0%
Gurram Kameswa Rao Independent 3,459 0.9%
Mohammed Ahmed Ali Independent 1,263 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thota Gopala Krishna Telugu Desam Party 344,038 60.4%
Sanjeeva Rao M.S. Indian National Congress 214,324 37.6%
Vadrevu Venkata Surya Nanda Rao Independent 4,364 0.8%
Shamuel Vemavarapu Independent 3,439 0.6%
Saraganam Kondala Swamy Naidu Independent 2,499 0.4%
Gurram Kameswara Rao Independent 1,086 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallamraju Indian National Congress 383,681 54.4%
Thota Gopala Krishna Telugu Desam Party 300,698 42.7%
Thota Rakanja Neyulu Independent 11,739 1.7%
Sundaraiah Bahujan Samaj Party 8,536 1.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thota Subbarao Telugu Desam Party 287,357 48.9%
Mangapati Pallamraju Mallipudi Indian National Congress 252,040 42.8%
Rao Venkata Maheepati Rama Ratna Rao Bharatiya Janata Party 20,894 3.6%
Thota Ramanjaneyulu IPF 7,287 1.2%
Chokka Tatarao Bahujan Samaj Party 6,776 1.2%
Kotham Venkata Srinivas Rao (Koti) Independent 5,362 0.9%
Chinitapalli Kanakarao Janata Party 4,526 0.8%
Maddukuri Satya Sevak Independent 1,453 0.2%
Gidla Simhachalam Independent 1,046 0.2%
Gurram Kameswarao Independent 982 0.2%
Vadlamani Venkata Ramana Independent 514 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gopalakrishna Thota Telugu Desam Party 308,480 42.4%
Thota Subba Rao Indian National Congress 269,981 37.1%
Chikkala Ramachandrarao NTRTDP(LP) 122,149 16.8%
B.S.R. Krishna Bharatiya Janata Party 12,751 1.8%
Murthy Nainalasetty CPI (ML) Liberation 5,029 0.7%
Senapati Lokabaandavarao Independent 1,276 0.2%
Venkataraju Jyotula Independent 1,248 0.2%
Badugu Surya Narayana Murty Independent 1,014 0.1%
Sepeni Suryarao Independent 824 0.1%
Pattamatta Raghu Rama Rao Independent 736 0.1%
P. Sundarayya Yadav Samajwadi Party 714 0.1%
Dokiburra Raja Rao Independent 650 0.1%
Gidla Simhachalam Independent 606 0.1%
Chandrakanth Dodla Independent 445 0.1%
C. Subhash AIIC(T) 410 0.1%
Gurram Kameswa Rao Independent 406 0.1%
Kunche Apparao Independent 361 0.0%
Eegala Bala Krishna Rao Independent 352 0.0%
N. Venkannababu(Gupta)(Das Prakash Babu) Independent 230 0.0%
Dunda Subbaraju Independent 175 0.0%
Dimmala Nageswara Rao Independent 162 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Krishnamraju U.V. Bharatiya Janata Party 330,381 41.1%
Gopala Krishna Thota Telugu Desam Party 262,582 32.6%
Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallamraju Indian National Congress 193,178 24.0%
Murthy Nainalasetty CPI (ML) Liberation 8,682 1.1%
Chollangi Venu Bahujan Samaj Party 3,549 0.4%
Pitta Sahadevudu Independent 2,381 0.3%
Rajarao Gollepalli Independent 1,874 0.2%
Pentapati Chandrasekhararao Independent 1,456 0.2%
Vadakattu Nehru Independent 569 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mudragada Padmanabham Telugu Desam Party 435,811 53.6%
Thota Subbarao Indian National Congress 314,376 38.7%
Boddu Krishna Mohan ATDP 44,466 5.5%
Nainalasetti Murthy CPI (ML) Liberation 8,855 1.1%
Pachipala Rama Prakash Independent 6,210 0.8%
Chandrasekhararao P. Independent 1,502 0.2%
Mutyala Ramalinga Chowdary AJBP 1,321 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju Indian National Congress 410,982 49.4%
Mudragada Padmanabham Telugu Desam Party 353,730 42.5%
Chandravathi Dwarampudi Independent 30,153 3.6%
Apparao Puagala Bahujan Samaj Party 16,373 2.0%
Nainalasetti Murthy CPI (ML) Liberation 9,458 1.1%
Puvvala Ananda Rao Independent 8,544 1.0%
Chaganti Suryanarayana Murthy Independent 3,044 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M.M.Pallamraju Indian National Congress 323,607 33.5%
Chalamalasetty Sunil PRAP 289,563 30.0%
Vasamsetty Satya Telugu Desam Party 258,046 26.7%
Aluri Vijaya Lakshmi LSP 17,904 1.9%
Badampudi Baburao Independent 15,532 1.6%
Bikkina Visweswara Rao Bharatiya Janata Party 14,861 1.5%
Danam Lazar Babu Independent 9,188 1.0%
Dommeti Sudhakar Bahujan Samaj Party 7,716 0.8%
Gali Satyavathi RPI 7,263 0.8%
Namala Satyanarayana RDHP 5,287 0.5%
Gidla Simhachalam RDMP 4,108 0.4%
Udaya Kumar Kondepudi TPPP 3,874 0.4%
Bugatha Bangarrao CPI (ML) Liberation 3,076 0.3%
N.Pallamraju AJBP 2,289 0.2%
Chaganti Surya Narayana Murthy Independent 1,866 0.2%
Akay Suryanarayana Independent 1,390 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thota Narasimham Telugu Desam Party 514,402 46.8%
Chalamalasetty Sunil YSR Congress Party 510,971 46.5%
Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju Indian National Congress 19,754 1.8%
Motha Sarada RPI(K) 6,836 0.6%
Jalluri Venkateswarlu (J.V) Independent 6,636 0.6%
Tummalapalli Satya Ramakrishna JSP 6,442 0.6%
None Of The Above Independent 4,358 0.4%
Tekumudi Venkata Rao PPI 3,826 0.3%
Donka Leelavathi Independent 3,756 0.3%
Kola Venkata Prasad Varma Rashtriya Janata Dal 3,473 0.3%
Muthabathula Ratna Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 2,511 0.2%
Srinivas Dangeti Aam Aadmi Party 2,356 0.2%
Karra Venkata Appala Narasimha Rao Independent 1,907 0.2%
Rokkam Dayakar RP(K) 1,837 0.2%
Donam Neelakantam Independent 1,697 0.2%
Arjunarao Yegupati CPI (ML) Liberation 1,495 0.1%
Guttula Annapurna Seshagiri Rao (Bathparty-Seshu) Independent 1,417 0.1%
Vinjamalla Chitti Babu Independent 1,400 0.1%
Chaganti Suryanarayana Murty Independent 1,236 0.1%
Pepakayala Subha Rajendra Independent 1,161 0.1%
Kunche Ramadas Independent 1,122 0.1%
Merla Bhavani Sankara Prasad Independent 910 0.1%
Prabhakara Rao Madiki Independent 496 0.0%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vanga Geethaviswanath YSR Congress Party 537,630 44.2%
Chalamalasetty Sunil Telugu Desam Party 511,892 42.0%
Jyothula Venkateswara Rao Janata Party 132,648 10.9%
Yalla Venkata Rama Mohan Rao (Dorababu) Bharatiya Janata Party 9,596 0.8%
Mallipudi Sri Ramachandra Murthy (Rambabu) Indian National Congress 8,640 0.7%
Kakileti Ravindra Independent 3,327 0.3%
Appalakonda Vangalapudi MPP 2,997 0.2%
Medisetti Vijaya Kumar Independent 2,051 0.2%
Godugu Satyanarayana CPI (ML) Liberation 1,724 0.1%
B. Geetha Praja Socialist Party 1,688 0.1%
Ankadi Sathibabu Independent 1,381 0.1%
Sathi Veeralakshmi PPI 1,119 0.1%
Vasamsetty Venkataramana AIFB 1,014 0.1%
Donam Neelakantam AIPP 980 0.1%
Peddimsetti. Venkateswararao JJP 815 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: Indian National Congress margin 1.3 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 5.9 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 7.9 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 81.8 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 28.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 41.5 pts 1984: Telugu Desam Party margin 22.8 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 11.8 pts 1991: Telugu Desam Party margin 6.0 pts 1996: Telugu Desam Party margin 5.3 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.4 pts 1999: Telugu Desam Party margin 14.9 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 6.9 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 3.5 pts 2014: Telugu Desam Party margin 0.3 pts 2019: YSR Congress Party margin 2.1 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kakinada in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Vanga Geethaviswanath (YSR Congress Party) won Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 537,630 votes (44.2%), a margin of 25,738 votes over Chalamalasetty Sunil.

Which parties have won Kakinada since 1957?

Since 1957, Kakinada has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party.

What was the closest result in Kakinada?

The closest result on record for Kakinada was 2014, when Telugu Desam Party beat YSR Congress Party by just 3,431 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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