Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Margani Bharat (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 121,634 votes over Maganti Roopa. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 D. Satyanarayana Raju Indian National Congress 0 None% None (None) None (None pts)
1962 Datla Satyanarayana Raju Indian National Congress 175,602 55.1% Nalla Reddi Naidu (Independent) 123,374 (38.7 pts)
1967 D.S. Raju Indian National Congress 227,154 57.3% N.R. Motha (Independent) 134,913 (34.0 pts)
1971 S. B. P. Pattabhi Ramarao Indian National Congress 250,124 64.6% Prabhakara Chowdary Chitturi (Communist Party of India) 196,482 (50.7 pts)
1977 Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P. Indian National Congress 292,323 61.1% Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 116,759 (24.4 pts)
1980 S.B.P.Pattabhi Rama Rao Congress (I) 249,377 53.2% Gadam Kamaladevi (Congress (U)) 118,491 (25.3 pts)
1984 Srihari Rao Telugu Desam Party 381,091 62.0% Satyanarayana Rao S.B.P.B.K. (Indian National Congress) 153,878 (25.1 pts)
1989 Jamuna Indian National Congress 386,314 53.6% Chundru Srihari (Telugu Desam Party) 58,322 (8.1 pts)
1991 K.V.R. Chowdary Telugu Desam Party 315,556 51.5% Jamuna (W) (Indian National Congress) 62,009 (10.1 pts)
1996 Chitturi Ravindra Indian National Congress 353,861 46.8% Chundru Srihari Rao (Telugu Desam Party) 95,166 (12.6 pts)
1998 Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu Bharatiya Janata Party 285,741 36.6% M.V.V.S. Murthi (Telugu Desam Party) 9,912 (1.3 pts)
1999 Satyanarayana Rao S.B.P.B.K Bharatiya Janata Party 411,956 51.7% Chitturi Ravindra (Indian National Congress) 60,031 (7.5 pts)
2004 Aruna Kumar Vundavalli Indian National Congress 413,927 50.7% Kantipudi Sarvarayudu (Bharatiya Janata Party) 148,820 (18.2 pts)
2009 Aruna Kumar Vundavalli Indian National Congress 357,449 35.1% M. Murali Mohan (Telugu Desam Party) 2,147 (0.2 pts)
2014 Murali Mohan Maganti Telugu Desam Party 630,573 54.6% Boddu Venkataramana Chowdary (YSR Congress Party) 167,434 (14.5 pts)
2019 Margani Bharat YSR Congress Party 582,024 47.2% Maganti Roopa (Telugu Desam Party) 121,634 (9.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
D. Satyanarayana Raju Indian National Congress 0 None%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Datla Satyanarayana Raju Indian National Congress 175,602 55.1%
Nalla Reddi Naidu Independent 52,228 16.4%
Allaka China Veerabhadram Independent 49,868 15.7%
Avasarala Rama Rao Jharkhand Party 40,789 12.8%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
D.S. Raju Indian National Congress 227,154 57.3%
N.R. Motha Independent 92,241 23.3%
V.S. Veluri Independent 35,611 9.0%
B.S. Murty Praja Socialist Party 23,046 5.8%
B. Sreeramamurthy Independent 18,256 4.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. B. P. Pattabhi Ramarao Indian National Congress 250,124 64.6%
Prabhakara Chowdary Chitturi Communist Party of India 53,642 13.9%
C. Narasimhan Independent 48,695 12.6%
D. S. Raju Congress (O) 29,397 7.6%
Busi Macharaiam MLP 2,252 0.6%
Durbha Subbarao Independent 2,060 0.5%
P. Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Murty Independent 1,070 0.3%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P. Indian National Congress 292,323 61.1%
Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju Bharatiya Lok Dal 175,564 36.7%
Padmaraju Varrey Independent 6,157 1.3%
Vemavarapu Samuel Independent 2,833 0.6%
Dadala Ramanayya Independent 1,761 0.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S.B.P.Pattabhi Rama Rao Congress (I) 249,377 53.2%
Gadam Kamaladevi Congress (U) 130,886 27.9%
Kantipudi Rama Rao Janata Party 59,704 12.7%
Chandramalla Raju Independent 10,043 2.1%
Chinta Subba Rao Independent 8,707 1.9%
Katamraju Varrey Independent 5,099 1.1%
M.S.Ch. Pattiabhi Rama Rao Independent 2,177 0.5%
Putchala Chinnaial Independent 2,003 0.4%
Pentaial Seeli Independent 922 0.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Srihari Rao Telugu Desam Party 381,091 62.0%
Satyanarayana Rao S.B.P.B.K. Indian National Congress 227,213 37.0%
Chandramalla Raju Independent 1,887 0.3%
Sathireddy Velagala Independent 1,863 0.3%
Kokkiripati Krishna Independent 1,352 0.2%
Somabathula Janardhana Rao Independent 859 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jamuna Indian National Congress 386,314 53.6%
Chundru Srihari Telugu Desam Party 327,992 45.5%
Alla Arun Kumar JNP (JP) 2,459 0.3%
Nithala Jagga Rao Independent 1,910 0.3%
Booka Sriramakrishna Bahujan Samaj Party 1,652 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K.V.R. Chowdary Telugu Desam Party 315,556 51.5%
Jamuna (W) Indian National Congress 253,547 41.4%
Kantipudi Sarvarayudu Bharatiya Janata Party 23,909 3.9%
Motha Venkatarao Independent 6,674 1.1%
Gurujapu Atchairaju Independent 4,891 0.8%
Vasamsetti Sriramarao Bahujan Samaj Party 2,587 0.4%
Koka Rama Krishna Rao Janata Party 1,422 0.2%
Satyavathi Udatha (W) Independent 962 0.2%
B.S. Rao Independent 872 0.1%
Srirama Krishna (Sri Ram) Independent 704 0.1%
S.S. Rao Independent 477 0.1%
Sunkara Venkata Ramana Murthy Independent 453 0.1%
Raja Subbarao Independent 210 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chitturi Ravindra Indian National Congress 353,861 46.8%
Chundru Srihari Rao Telugu Desam Party 258,695 34.2%
Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary NTRTDP(LP) 122,699 16.2%
Kantipudi Sarvarayudu Bharatiya Janata Party 10,772 1.4%
Gavireddi Suryanarayana Janata Party 1,351 0.2%
Sathimsetti Narayanarao Independent 829 0.1%
Koppula Sathireddy Independent 691 0.1%
Karri Tatarao Independent 642 0.1%
Kakullavarapu Venkatalakshmi Santhi Independent 619 0.1%
Yarlagadda Solmanraju Independent 579 0.1%
Guthula Sanjeevarao Independent 557 0.1%
Madipalli Udayabhaskar Independent 540 0.1%
Sanka Venkata Ramana Independent 526 0.1%
Attili Adinarayana Gowda Independent 523 0.1%
Raiudu Venkateswarlu Independent 509 0.1%
Lingala Rama Teertha Independent 480 0.1%
Aseervadam Kalabathula Independent 446 0.1%
Yeleti Bulliraju Independent 395 0.1%
Chintaluri Venkatarama Mohanarao Independent 322 0.0%
Motha Lakshmanaswamy Independent 315 0.0%
Pydimalla Brahmanandam Independent 315 0.0%
Thokala Chinnayya Independent 237 0.0%
Seelam Umamaheswara Rao Independent 200 0.0%
Mudedla Venkateswararao Independent 165 0.0%
A.P.R Chowdary Independent 133 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu Bharatiya Janata Party 285,741 36.6%
M.V.V.S. Murthi Telugu Desam Party 275,829 35.3%
T.V.Satyanarayana Reddy Indian National Congress 210,901 27.0%
M. Durgaprasad Independent 3,440 0.4%
Boya Prasad Independent 3,167 0.4%
Kanumilli Venkanna Dora Independent 1,118 0.1%
Anaparthi Gopala Krishna Independent 551 0.1%
Satyamsetti Narayana Rao Independent 351 0.0%
Dayana Ramakrishna Independent 248 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satyanarayana Rao S.B.P.B.K Bharatiya Janata Party 411,956 51.7%
Chitturi Ravindra Indian National Congress 351,925 44.2%
Bommidi Ram Mohan Rao AJBP 15,727 2.0%
Velagala Sathi Reddy (Advocate) ATDP 10,932 1.4%
M.K.R.C. Murty Independent 2,839 0.4%
Narapareddy Soma Brahma Ranga Rao Independent 1,565 0.2%
Sri Hari Rao Rimmalapudi Independent 1,342 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Aruna Kumar Vundavalli Indian National Congress 413,927 50.7%
Kantipudi Sarvarayudu Bharatiya Janata Party 265,107 32.5%
S.B.P.B.K.Satyanarayana Rao Independent 99,671 12.2%
Gurrala Paramjyothi Independent 22,598 2.8%
Patamsetti V.V.S.V.Prasad (Babu) Independent 10,192 1.2%
Duggireddy Dharma Reddy Independent 4,630 0.6%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Aruna Kumar Vundavalli Indian National Congress 357,449 35.1%
M. Murali Mohan Telugu Desam Party 355,302 34.9%
Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju PRAP 253,437 24.9%
Dr. Paladugu Chandra Mouli LSP 13,418 1.3%
Sanaboina Subhalakshmi Independent 7,396 0.7%
Somu Veerraju Bharatiya Janata Party 7,123 0.7%
Vajrapu Koteswara Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 5,805 0.6%
Vasamsetty Nageswara Rao Independent 5,219 0.5%
Meda Srinivas RPC(S) 3,980 0.4%
Medapati Papireddy TPPP 2,869 0.3%
Datla Raya Jagapathi Raju PPOI 2,437 0.2%
Mushini Ramakrishna Rao Independent 1,972 0.2%
Paramata Ganeswara Rao Independent 1,413 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Murali Mohan Maganti Telugu Desam Party 630,573 54.6%
Boddu Venkataramana Chowdary YSR Congress Party 463,139 40.1%
Durgesh Kandula Indian National Congress 21,243 1.8%
Mullapudi Satyanarayana JSP 11,718 1.0%
None Of The Above Independent 7,456 0.6%
Marre Babji Bahujan Samaj Party 6,079 0.5%
Kollabathula Richmond Carey GAP 5,481 0.5%
Illa Govinda Rajan Independent 1,390 0.1%
Cheekatla Venkateswara Rao Independent 1,356 0.1%
Sangisetti Srinivasa Rao PPI 1,329 0.1%
Mutyala Rambabu Independent 1,282 0.1%
Meda Srinivas RPC(S) 991 0.1%
Palla Venkata Naidu(Pradeep) Independent 989 0.1%
Polu Peda Vengala Reddy Independent 765 0.1%
Annamdevula Dharma Rao Independent 590 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Margani Bharat YSR Congress Party 582,024 47.2%
Maganti Roopa Telugu Desam Party 460,390 37.4%
Akula Satyanarayana Janata Party 155,807 12.6%
Nalluri Vijaya Srinivasa Rao Indian National Congress 12,725 1.0%
Paravastu Satya Gopinath Das Bharatiya Janata Party 12,334 1.0%
Kollapu Venu Independent 2,869 0.2%
Geddam David Nelson Babu API 1,757 0.1%
Kuruvella Bhanuchandar Independent 1,242 0.1%
Sangisetti Srinivasa Rao PPI 1,161 0.1%
Bandaru Rajeswara Rao JJP 1,035 0.1%
Meda Srinivas RPC(S) 996 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 38.7 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 34.0 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 50.7 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 24.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 25.3 pts 1984: Telugu Desam Party margin 25.1 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 8.1 pts 1991: Telugu Desam Party margin 10.1 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 12.6 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.3 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 7.5 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 18.2 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 0.2 pts 2014: Telugu Desam Party margin 14.5 pts 2019: YSR Congress Party margin 9.9 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Rajahmundry 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 Rajahmundry in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Margani Bharat (YSR Congress Party) won Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 582,024 votes (47.2%), a margin of 121,634 votes over Maganti Roopa.

Which parties have won Rajahmundry since 1957?

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

What was the closest result in Rajahmundry?

The closest result on record for Rajahmundry was 2009, when Indian National Congress beat Telugu Desam Party by just 2,147 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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