Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Balashowry Vallabhaneni (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 60,141 votes over Konakalla Narayana Rao. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, from 1967 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1967–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1967
Y.A. Arasad
Indian National Congress
199,885
52.1%
M.H. Rao (CPI (Marxist))
77,592 (20.2 pts)
1971
Meduri Nageswarrao
Indian National Congress
278,514
75.4%
Venkataswamy Mandala (Swatantra Party)
204,874 (55.5 pts)
1977
Ankineedu Maganti
Indian National Congress
262,551
57.5%
Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao (Bharatiya Lok Dal)
76,929 (16.8 pts)
1980
Ankineedu Maganti
Congress (I)
249,444
53.9%
Buragadda Niranjana Rao (Janata Party)
134,336 (29.0 pts)
1984
Sambasivarao Kuvuru
Indian National Congress
272,513
49.8%
Vaddi Rangarao (Telugu Desam Party)
9,093 (1.7 pts)
1989
Sambasivarao Kavuri
Indian National Congress
354,533
52.1%
Boppana Gangadhara Chaudry (Telugu Desam Party)
43,489 (6.4 pts)
1991
K.P. Reddaiah
Telugu Desam Party
298,348
49.0%
Sambasiva Rao Kavuri (Indian National Congress)
27,322 (4.5 pts)
1996
Satyanarayana Kaikala
Telugu Desam Party
275,713
39.6%
Kolusu Pedareddaiah Yadav (Indian National Congress)
81,507 (11.7 pts)
1998
Kavuru Sambasiva Rao
Indian National Congress
355,030
51.3%
Kaikala Satyanarayana (Telugu Desam Party)
81,092 (11.7 pts)
1999
Ambati Brahmanaiah
Telugu Desam Party
387,533
54.4%
Kavuru Sambasiva Rao (Indian National Congress)
82,996 (11.7 pts)
2004
Badiga Ramakrishna
Indian National Congress
387,127
51.3%
Ambati Brahmanaiah (Telugu Desam Party)
50,341 (6.7 pts)
2009
Konakalla Narayana Rao
Telugu Desam Party
409,936
39.2%
Badiga Ramakrishna (Indian National Congress)
12,456 (1.2 pts)
2014
Konakalla Narayana Rao
Telugu Desam Party
587,280
51.5%
Kolusu Partha Sarathy (YSR Congress Party)
81,057 (7.1 pts)
2019
Balashowry Vallabhaneni
YSR Congress Party
571,436
46.6%
Konakalla Narayana Rao (Telugu Desam Party)
60,141 (4.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Y.A. Arasad
Indian National Congress
199,885
52.1%
M.H. Rao
CPI (Marxist)
122,293
31.8%
B.S. Krishna
Communist Party of India
47,336
12.3%
T.D. Rao
Independent
10,258
2.7%
L. Satyam
Independent
4,206
1.1%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Meduri Nageswarrao
Indian National Congress
278,514
75.4%
Venkataswamy Mandala
Swatantra Party
73,640
19.9%
K. R. Sharma
Independent
9,896
2.7%
Vidyundvalli Sastry Puranam
Independent
5,376
1.5%
Rachabathuni Srigirimurty
Independent
1,035
0.3%
Sadhu Choppara
Independent
964
0.3%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ankineedu Maganti
Indian National Congress
262,551
57.5%
Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao
Bharatiya Lok Dal
185,622
40.6%
Kakarla Babu Rao
Independent
8,615
1.9%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ankineedu Maganti
Congress (I)
249,444
53.9%
Buragadda Niranjana Rao
Janata Party
115,108
24.9%
K.Durgaprasad Parimkayala
Janata Party (Secular)
91,438
19.8%
Nutakki Ramabrahmam
Independent
4,235
0.9%
Venkataswamy Koonati
Independent
2,331
0.5%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sambasivarao Kuvuru
Indian National Congress
272,513
49.8%
Vaddi Rangarao
Telugu Desam Party
263,420
48.2%
Maji Janardanarao
Independent
5,534
1.0%
Seelam Sankararao
Independent
2,699
0.5%
Atmuri Raghavaiah
Independent
1,364
0.2%
Pinnamaneni Appaji
Independent
1,283
0.2%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sambasivarao Kavuri
Indian National Congress
354,533
52.1%
Boppana Gangadhara Chaudry
Telugu Desam Party
311,044
45.7%
Gangaiah Chalamala Setty
Independent
7,887
1.2%
Yanduri Subrehmanyeswara Rao
Independent
2,034
0.3%
Dokku Rajusekharam
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,664
0.2%
Majji Janardhana Rao
Independent
1,346
0.2%
Narra Gopichandu
Independent
1,325
0.2%
Tadikonda Venkata Nancharaiah
Independent
777
0.1%
Subrahmanyeswar Rao Atluri
Independent
384
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
K.P. Reddaiah
Telugu Desam Party
298,348
49.0%
Sambasiva Rao Kavuri
Indian National Congress
271,026
44.5%
Kollipara Dhana Lakshmi (W)
Bharatiya Janata Party
24,260
4.0%
Shiva Sankara Veeranjaneyulu Thotakura
Independent
4,420
0.7%
Marumudi Vitotor Prasad
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,892
0.3%
Athmuri Suseela (W)
Independent
1,047
0.2%
Thota Krishna Bipin Chandra Pal
Janata Party
965
0.2%
Kota Jayapal Chowdary
Independent
697
0.1%
Anam Radhakrishna Murthy
Independent
667
0.1%
Munagala Tirupati Reddi
Independent
615
0.1%
Kunapareddy Pitcheswara Rao
Independent
497
0.1%
Venkateswararao Kamineni
NBP
487
0.1%
Dodda Kameswara Rao
Independent
482
0.1%
Kethe Madhava Chakradhara Rao
Independent
428
0.1%
Kandimalla Veera Raghaiah
Independent
381
0.1%
Bhavani Sankara Rao Kirlampalli
Independent
372
0.1%
Yenduri Subrahmanyes Wara Rao
Independent
308
0.1%
Badugu Babu Rao
Independent
306
0.1%
Maneypalli Naga Sita Ramanjaneyulu
Independent
253
0.0%
Salapati Lakshmipati
Independent
227
0.0%
Yellamraju Ganapathi Bose
Independent
203
0.0%
Pandalaneni Srimannarayana
Independent
198
0.0%
Pappala Radha Krishna
Independent
182
0.0%
Venkata Nacharaiah Tadikonda
Independent
179
0.0%
Kote Devanandam
Independent
152
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Satyanarayana Kaikala
Telugu Desam Party
275,713
39.6%
Kolusu Pedareddaiah Yadav
Indian National Congress
194,206
27.9%
Sambasiva Rao Kavuri
AIIC(T)
128,164
18.4%
Boppana Gangadhara Chowdary
NTRTDP(LP)
71,764
10.3%
Kakarla Rama Krishna
Independent
10,879
1.6%
R.S.K. Nageswara Rao
Bharatiya Janata Party
4,630
0.7%
Uppalapati Pattabhiramaiah
Independent
2,248
0.3%
Thotakura Siva Sankara Veeranjaneyulu
Independent
2,128
0.3%
Kote Devanandamu
Independent
1,099
0.2%
Gopichand Narra
Independent
818
0.1%
Kota Jaya Paul Chowdary
Independent
626
0.1%
Manepalli Naga Seetaramajaneyulu
Independent
549
0.1%
Yenduri Subramaheswara Rao
Independent
515
0.1%
Chinnam Jagadeeswara Prasad
Independent
465
0.1%
Dodda Kameswara Rao
Independent
443
0.1%
Balaji Lankisetti
Independent
443
0.1%
Madhavi Lakshmi Yenduri
Independent
402
0.1%
V K Kumari Yadav
Independent
396
0.1%
Kondeti Syam Prasad
Independent
301
0.0%
Tadikonda Venkata Nancharaih
Independent
295
0.0%
Atmuri Raghavaiah
Independent
244
0.0%
Nallagangula Ramana Rao (Meesala Bujji)
Independent
238
0.0%
V Rama Krishna Rao
Independent
219
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kavuru Sambasiva Rao
Indian National Congress
355,030
51.3%
Kaikala Satyanarayana
Telugu Desam Party
273,938
39.6%
Nagarjuna Rao Vemuri
Bharatiya Janata Party
58,012
8.4%
Subramaheswara Rao Yanduri(Mani)
Independent
2,240
0.3%
P.S.Anjaneyulu
RPP
1,242
0.2%
Boyina Boyina Srisiva Venkata Satyanarayana
Independent
919
0.1%
Gopichand Narra
AJBP
749
0.1%
Kameswara Rao Dodda
Independent
240
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ambati Brahmanaiah
Telugu Desam Party
387,533
54.4%
Kavuru Sambasiva Rao
Indian National Congress
304,537
42.8%
Rajendra Prasadu Puttagunta
AJBP
12,076
1.7%
Kameswara Rao Dodda
PPOI
7,721
1.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Badiga Ramakrishna
Indian National Congress
387,127
51.3%
Ambati Brahmanaiah
Telugu Desam Party
336,786
44.6%
Yenduri Subrahmanyeswara Rao (Mani)
Independent
18,477
2.4%
Adapala Sivannarayana
PPOI
6,201
0.8%
Dodda Kameswara Rao
Independent
4,297
0.6%
B.S.Rao
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2,426
0.3%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Konakalla Narayana Rao
Telugu Desam Party
409,936
39.2%
Badiga Ramakrishna
Indian National Congress
397,480
38.0%
Chennamsetti Ramachandraiah
PRAP
186,921
17.9%
Yenduri Subramanyeswa Rao (Mani)
Independent
12,775
1.2%
Koppula Venkateswara Rao
LSP
12,022
1.1%
Bhogadi Rama Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
10,721
1.0%
Chigurupati Ramalingeswara Rao
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,844
0.6%
Vara Lakshmi Koneru
PPOI
5,471
0.5%
G.V. Nageswara Rao
Independent
2,611
0.2%
Yarlagadda Ramamohana Rao
BHSASP
2,124
0.2%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Konakalla Narayana Rao
Telugu Desam Party
587,280
51.5%
Kolusu Partha Sarathy
YSR Congress Party
506,223
44.4%
Sistla Ramesh
Indian National Congress
14,111
1.2%
None Of The Above
Independent
8,171
0.7%
Kammili Srinivas
JSP
7,692
0.7%
Vadapalli Raghunadh
PPI
4,401
0.4%
Prasada Rao Peggem
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,085
0.4%
Parasa Srinivasa Rao
Independent
3,399
0.3%
Mohammad Ishaq
Independent
1,770
0.2%
Yunduri Subramanyaswara Rao (Mani)
Independent
1,597
0.1%
Yarlagadda Rama Mohan Rao
Independent
1,405
0.1%
Jampana Srinivasa Goud
Independent
931
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Balashowry Vallabhaneni
YSR Congress Party
571,436
46.6%
Konakalla Narayana Rao
Telugu Desam Party
511,295
41.7%
Bandreddi Ramakrishna
Janata Party
113,292
9.2%
Gollu Krishna
Indian National Congress
12,284
1.0%
Gudivaka Ramanjaneyulu
Bharatiya Janata Party
6,462
0.5%
Vijaya Lakshmi Chalapaka
Independent
4,779
0.4%
Peram Siva Nageswara Rao
RPI(A)
3,622
0.3%
Yarlagadda Rama Mohana Rao
BMP
1,017
0.1%
Gudivaka Venkata Naga Basava Rao
Independent
896
0.1%
Gandhi Dhanekula
Independent
846
0.1%
Valluru Venkateswara Rao
PPI
826
0.1%
Nadakuditi Naga Gayathri
Independent
773
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Machilipatnam has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. 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 Machilipatnam in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Balashowry Vallabhaneni (YSR Congress Party) won Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 571,436 votes (46.6%), a margin of 60,141 votes over Konakalla Narayana Rao.
Which parties have won Machilipatnam since 1967?
Since 1967, Machilipatnam has been won by: Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party.
What was the closest result in Machilipatnam?
The closest result on record for Machilipatnam was 2009, when Telugu Desam Party beat Indian National Congress by just 12,456 votes (1.2 percentage points).