Nellore, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Adala Prabhakara Reddy (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 148,571 votes over Beeda Masthan Rao. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1957	B. Anjanappa	Indian National Congress	220,121	35.4%	Rebala Lakshmi Narasa Reddy (Indian National Congress)	20,044 (3.2 pts)
1962	B. Anjanappa	Indian National Congress	165,206	49.2%	Meriga Ramakrishnaiah (Swatantra Party)	71,905 (21.4 pts)
1967	B. Anjanappa	Indian National Congress	130,981	33.0%	E.V. Chinnaiah (Independent)	16,983 (4.3 pts)
1971	Doddav Arapukamakshiah	Indian National Congress	235,658	66.2%	Bangapulakshman (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	173,934 (48.9 pts)
1977	Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu	Indian National Congress	272,184	66.1%	Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta (CPI (Marxist))	142,780 (34.7 pts)
1980	D. Kamakshaiah	Congress (I)	294,326	71.0%	T. P. Bhanu Raju (CPI (Marxist))	227,251 (54.9 pts)
1984	Penchalaiah Puchalapalli	Telugu Desam Party	296,284	54.1%	Orepalli Venkata Subbaiah (Indian National Congress)	53,551 (9.8 pts)
1989	Putchalapalli Penchalaiah	Indian National Congress	377,602	52.8%	M.Nagabhushanamma (Telugu Desam Party)	71,839 (10.1 pts)
1991	Kudumula Padmasre (W)	Indian National Congress	268,626	45.7%	M. Nagabhushanamma (W) (Telugu Desam Party)	44,857 (7.6 pts)
1996	Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	269,498	39.6%	Tummallagunta Prapancha Bhanu Raju (CPI (Marxist))	68,185 (10.0 pts)
1998	Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	296,731	40.1%	Buduru Swarnalatha (CPI (Marxist))	46,527 (6.3 pts)
1999	Rajeswaramma Vukkala	Telugu Desam Party	381,166	49.5%	Panabaka Lakshmi (Indian National Congress)	40,453 (5.2 pts)
2004	Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	450,129	53.8%	Balakondaiah Karupotala (Bharatiya Janata Party)	128,224 (15.3 pts)
2009	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy	Indian National Congress	430,235	42.9%	Vanteru Venu Gopala Reddy (Telugu Desam Party)	54,993 (5.5 pts)
2014	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy	YSR Congress Party	576,396	48.5%	Adala Prabhakara Reddy (Telugu Desam Party)	13,478 (1.1 pts)
2019	Adala Prabhakara Reddy	YSR Congress Party	683,830	53.9%	Beeda Masthan Rao (Telugu Desam Party)	148,571 (11.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
B. Anjanappa	Indian National Congress	220,121	35.4%
Rebala Lakshmi Narasa Reddy	Indian National Congress	200,077	32.2%
Mangalagiri Nandoss	Independent	112,294	18.1%
Kota Venkatarangam	PP	89,379	14.4%

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
B. Anjanappa	Indian National Congress	165,206	49.2%
Meriga Ramakrishnaiah	Swatantra Party	93,301	27.8%
E.V. Chinnaiah	REP	55,817	16.6%
Govada Nireekshna Rao	Independent	21,765	6.5%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
B. Anjanappa	Indian National Congress	130,981	33.0%
E.V. Chinnaiah	Independent	113,998	28.7%
T. Rayappa	Communist Party of India	72,223	18.2%
M. Ramakrishnaiah	Swatantra Party	64,067	16.1%
U. Yarraiah	Independent	16,144	4.1%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Doddav Arapukamakshiah	Indian National Congress	235,658	66.2%
Bangapulakshman	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	61,724	17.3%
Swarna Vemayya	Communist Party of India	34,266	9.6%
Mangalagirinandas	Independent	8,804	2.5%
E. V. Chinnaiah	MLP	7,828	2.2%
Vallampenchalaiah	Independent	4,476	1.3%
Dasinarasimhan	Independent	3,315	0.9%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu	Indian National Congress	272,184	66.1%
Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta	CPI (Marxist)	129,404	31.4%
Indurupalli Ramanaih	Independent	9,942	2.4%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
D. Kamakshaiah	Congress (I)	294,326	71.0%
T. P. Bhanu Raju	CPI (Marxist)	67,075	16.2%
Indurupalli Ramanaiah	Janata Party	41,670	10.1%
D. Narasimhulu	Independent	9,539	2.3%
Mathangi Shyamasundara Raju	Independent	1,659	0.4%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Penchalaiah Puchalapalli	Telugu Desam Party	296,284	54.1%
Orepalli Venkata Subbaiah	Indian National Congress	242,733	44.3%
Billa Dass	Independent	5,690	1.0%
Yanati Sankaraiah	Independent	1,550	0.3%
L. Aseervadam	Independent	1,529	0.3%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Putchalapalli Penchalaiah	Indian National Congress	377,602	52.8%
M.Nagabhushanamma	Telugu Desam Party	305,763	42.8%
Jonnalagadda Chinnaiah	Independent	17,451	2.4%
Peddabbi Donti	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,256	0.6%
Talakayala Koteswara Rao	Independent	2,724	0.4%
R.S.Rao	Independent	2,314	0.3%
P.Hazarathaiah	Independent	2,084	0.3%
A.G.Chattarji	Independent	1,969	0.3%
Arcot Ratnam	Independent	612	0.1%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kudumula Padmasre (W)	Indian National Congress	268,626	45.7%
M. Nagabhushanamma (W)	Telugu Desam Party	223,769	38.0%
Gaddam Laxmi Narayana	Bharatiya Janata Party	85,306	14.5%
Kothapalli Ramesh Babu	Janata Party	2,839	0.5%
Janaki Prasad	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,715	0.5%
Maruthati Malakondaiah	Independent	1,505	0.3%
Dasari Yallamanda	Independent	848	0.1%
Kamala Malakondaiah	Independent	668	0.1%
Swarna Naraiah	Independent	510	0.1%
Talakayala Koteswara Rao	Independent	503	0.1%
Cheruku Musalayya	Independent	305	0.1%
Atyala Abraham	Independent	289	0.0%
Swarna Rai Kumar	Independent	215	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	269,498	39.6%
Tummallagunta Prapancha Bhanu Raju	CPI (Marxist)	201,313	29.6%
Pasam Suneel Kumar	NTRTDP(LP)	103,947	15.3%
Gaddam Lakshmi Narayana	Bharatiya Janata Party	83,585	12.3%
Athina Ramaiah	Independent	3,883	0.6%
Indluri Aravinda Babu	Independent	3,356	0.5%
Aragala Ijaac	Independent	2,417	0.4%
M. Venkateswara Rao	Independent	2,293	0.3%
Goda Krishnaiah	Independent	1,648	0.2%
Panem Obaiah	Independent	1,608	0.2%
D. Ramaiah	Independent	1,277	0.2%
Undralla Prasad	Independent	1,145	0.2%
Velicherla Venkata Rao	Independent	1,083	0.2%
Jadda Mohan	Independent	1,006	0.1%
Athyala Abraham	Independent	672	0.1%
Leburu Nagabhushanamma	Independent	668	0.1%
Leallapalli Aseervadam	Independent	508	0.1%
D. Malakondaiah	Independent	323	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	296,731	40.1%
Buduru Swarnalatha	CPI (Marxist)	250,204	33.8%
Karupothala Balakondaiah	Bharatiya Janata Party	175,074	23.6%
Gaddam Arundhati	Samajwadi Party	7,529	1.0%
Janaki Prasad	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,361	1.0%
Chenthati Ramaiah	Independent	2,133	0.3%
Mattupalli Venumadhav	Independent	1,365	0.2%
Molathrati Lakshmaiah	Independent	395	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rajeswaramma Vukkala	Telugu Desam Party	381,166	49.5%
Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	340,713	44.3%
Thummalagunta Prapancha Bhanu Raju	CPI (Marxist)	30,856	4.0%
Komarika Jayaramaiah	MCPI(S)	9,444	1.2%
K.D.Ramesh Babu	AJBP	6,365	0.8%
Battu Raghu Ramaiah	PPOI	1,288	0.2%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress	450,129	53.8%
Balakondaiah Karupotala	Bharatiya Janata Party	321,905	38.5%
Malakondaiah.Y	Samajwadi Party	36,085	4.3%
Marlapati Vemaiah	Bahujan Samaj Party	9,395	1.1%
Venkata Ram Ravinuthala	Independent	5,983	0.7%
Dava Penchala Rao	Independent	3,884	0.5%
Mangalapuri Venkateswarlu	BRPP	3,421	0.4%
Ouruvuru Krishnaiah	Independent	3,415	0.4%
Maddela Brahmanaidu	Independent	2,285	0.3%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy	Indian National Congress	430,235	42.9%
Vanteru Venu Gopala Reddy	Telugu Desam Party	375,242	37.4%
Jana Ramachandraiah	PRAP	138,111	13.8%
Bathina Narasimha Rao	Bharatiya Janata Party	16,727	1.7%
Vemuri Bhaskara Rao	LSP	10,751	1.1%
Karimulla	Independent	10,189	1.0%
S. Padma Nageswara Rao	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,299	0.7%
Syed Hamza Hussainy	Independent	6,247	0.6%
Siddiraju Satyanarayana	PPOI	3,471	0.3%
Muchakala Chandra Sekhar Yadav	Independent	2,090	0.2%
Venkata Bhaskar Reddy Dirisala	Independent	2,057	0.2%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy	YSR Congress Party	576,396	48.5%
Adala Prabhakara Reddy	Telugu Desam Party	562,918	47.4%
Narayana Reddy Vakati	Indian National Congress	22,870	1.9%
Syed Haneef	JSP	5,578	0.5%
None Of The Above	Independent	5,549	0.5%
Chandra Sekhar Yadav	RP	4,112	0.3%
Pattapu Ravi	Bahujan Samaj Party	3,299	0.3%
Chemikala Tirupati	ARPS	1,424	0.1%
Kolati Gopinath	PPI	999	0.1%
Malyadri Ravulakollu	Independent	875	0.1%
Meda Malla Reddy	Independent	820	0.1%
Ananda Rao Sompalli	Independent	760	0.1%
Pandhiti Subbaiah	Independent	736	0.1%
Malli Venkateswarlu	Independent	686	0.1%
Naveen Sukpalli	Independent	626	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adala Prabhakara Reddy	YSR Congress Party	683,830	53.9%
Beeda Masthan Rao	Telugu Desam Party	535,259	42.2%
Chandra Rajagopal	CPI (Marxist)	18,830	1.5%
Sannapureddy Suresh Reddy	Bharatiya Janata Party	12,513	1.0%
Chevuru Devakumar Reddy	Indian National Congress	10,021	0.8%
Narasapuram Prasad	Independent	2,399	0.2%
Dr. S. Suresh Babu	Independent	1,482	0.1%
Shaik Mahaboob Basha (Mabu)	RPI(A)	1,319	0.1%
Butti Nagaraju	Independent	1,101	0.1%
Sukapalli Naveen	Independent	1,014	0.1%
Chinni Venkateswarlu	PPI	841	0.1%
Kankanala Penchala Naidu	Independent	668	0.1%
Meda Malla Reddy	Independent	598	0.0%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Nellore 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, YSR Congress Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Nellore in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Adala Prabhakara Reddy (YSR Congress Party) won Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 683,830 votes (53.9%), a margin of 148,571 votes over Beeda Masthan Rao.

Which parties have won Nellore since 1957?

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

What was the closest result in Nellore?

The closest result on record for Nellore was 2014, when YSR Congress Party beat Telugu Desam Party by just 13,478 votes (1.1 percentage points).