Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) was won by Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) (Telugu Desam Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 8,726 votes over Potluri.V.Prasad ( P V P ). This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Komarraju Achamamba Indian National Congress 116,861 48.7% Tammina Potha Raju (Communist Party of India) 2,088 (0.9 pts)
1962 K.L.Rao Indian National Congress 177,794 51.0% Nanduri Durga Mallikharjuna Prasada Rao (Communist Party of India) 22,983 (6.6 pts)
1967 K.L. Rao Indian National Congress 0 None% None (None) None (None pts)
1971 K. L. Rao Indian National Congress 251,917 69.9% D. Nagabhushana Rao (Communist Party of India) 156,004 (43.3 pts)
1977 Godey Murahari Indian National Congress 239,733 52.8% Gottipati Murali Mohan (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 120,037 (26.4 pts)
1980 Vidya Chennupati Congress (I) 240,622 46.4% K.L.Rao (Janata Party) 98,702 (19.0 pts)
1984 Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 318,023 51.0% Chennupati Vidya (Indian National Congress) 28,444 (4.6 pts)
1989 Chennupati Vidya Indian National Congress 423,867 52.7% Vadde Sobhanadreeswarrarao (Telugu Desam Party) 58,204 (7.2 pts)
1991 Vadde Sobhandreswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 326,890 48.9% Chennupati Vidya (W) (Indian National Congress) 36,221 (5.4 pts)
1996 Upendra Parvathaneni Indian National Congress 397,709 45.2% Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao (Telugu Desam Party) 114,274 (13.0 pts)
1998 Upendra Parvathaneni Indian National Congress 405,062 45.0% Jai Ramesh Dasari (Telugu Desam Party) 30,067 (3.3 pts)
1999 Gadde Rama Mohan Telugu Desam Party 482,968 52.0% Upendra Parvathaneni (Indian National Congress) 87,066 (9.4 pts)
2004 Rajagopal Lagadapati Indian National Congress 519,624 55.0% Aswini Dutt Chalasani (Telugu Desam Party) 114,587 (12.1 pts)
2009 Lagadapati Raja Gopal Indian National Congress 429,394 39.5% Vamsi Mohan Vallabhaneni (Telugu Desam Party) 12,712 (1.2 pts)
2014 Kesineni Srinivas Telugu Desam Party 592,696 49.6% Koneru Rajendra Prasad (YSR Congress Party) 74,862 (6.3 pts)
2019 Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) Telugu Desam Party 575,498 45.4% Potluri.V.Prasad ( P V P ) (YSR Congress Party) 8,726 (0.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Komarraju Achamamba Indian National Congress 116,861 48.7%
Tammina Potha Raju Communist Party of India 114,773 47.9%
Narra Venkateshwara Rao Independent 8,128 3.4%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K.L.Rao Indian National Congress 177,794 51.0%
Nanduri Durga Mallikharjuna Prasada Rao Communist Party of India 154,811 44.4%
Bonu Venkateswara Rao Jharkhand Party 16,197 4.6%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K.L. Rao Indian National Congress 0 None%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. L. Rao Indian National Congress 251,917 69.9%
D. Nagabhushana Rao Communist Party of India 95,913 26.6%
Alasapuri Rajayya Independent 8,280 2.3%
Nadendla Satyanarayana Congress (O) 4,393 1.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Godey Murahari Indian National Congress 239,733 52.8%
Gottipati Murali Mohan Bharatiya Lok Dal 119,696 26.4%
Desari Nagabhushana Rao Communist Party of India 52,786 11.6%
Nanduri Prasada Rao CPI (Marxist) 37,583 8.3%
Krovvidy Suryaprakasarao Independent 3,394 0.7%
Christu Bhagwandas Netela Independent 977 0.2%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vidya Chennupati Congress (I) 240,622 46.4%
K.L.Rao Janata Party 141,920 27.4%
Dasari Nagabhushana Rao Communist Party of India 129,074 24.9%
Alasapuri Rajaiah Independent 3,704 0.7%
Velamarthi Sikhamani Independent 1,868 0.4%
C.Purnachandra Rao Independent 1,478 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 318,023 51.0%
Chennupati Vidya Indian National Congress 289,579 46.4%
Chaparala Purnachandrarao Independent 6,283 1.0%
Gogulothu Balaji Independent 3,035 0.5%
Kothagundla Venkatarama Gurunadha Rao Independent 2,010 0.3%
Devarakonda Subba Rao Independent 1,182 0.2%
Tripuraneni Dharma Rao Independent 938 0.2%
Christu Bhagavandas Nethala Independent 906 0.1%
Samuel Wilson Nelakurti Independent 791 0.1%
Kanna Venkateswara Rao Independent 587 0.1%
M.Setharamayya Independent 579 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chennupati Vidya Indian National Congress 423,867 52.7%
Vadde Sobhanadreeswarrarao Telugu Desam Party 365,663 45.5%
D.V.Dass Bahujan Samaj Party 4,812 0.6%
Chigurupati Nageswararao Independent 3,418 0.4%
Lavanam Independent 1,452 0.2%
Puppala Sivasankararai Independent 1,415 0.2%
Boppuri Mojes Independent 1,122 0.1%
Nannapanenei Baskararao VJS 1,093 0.1%
Mohmmad Feroj Taj Independent 933 0.1%
Buddiraju Venkateswararao Independent 663 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vadde Sobhandreswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 326,890 48.9%
Chennupati Vidya (W) Indian National Congress 290,669 43.5%
Velagapudi Siva Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 28,010 4.2%
Jogi Ramakrishna Independent 11,657 1.7%
Padamata Brahmaiah Bahujan Samaj Party 1,872 0.3%
Yalamanchili Rama Krishna Independent 1,669 0.2%
Yarlagadda Krishna Murthy Independent 1,592 0.2%
Y.V. Hanumantha Rao Janata Party 1,181 0.2%
Vijaya Venkata Rao Vellanki Independent 1,072 0.2%
Mohemmad Ghouse Independent 773 0.1%
Vagicherla Hari Narayana Independent 724 0.1%
Kommineni Sambasiva Rao Alias Bade Sambasiva Rao Independent 693 0.1%
Kristu Bhagavandas Nethala Independent 558 0.1%
Kota Sankara Sharma Independent 356 0.1%
Kalapala Prakash Rao NBP 300 0.0%
Yalamarthi Satyanarayana MSD 281 0.0%
Kunuku Satyanarayana Independent 186 0.0%
Moses Boppuri BKUS 164 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Upendra Parvathaneni Indian National Congress 397,709 45.2%
Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao Telugu Desam Party 283,435 32.2%
Rajasekhar (Nehru) Devineni NTRTDP(LP) 169,199 19.2%
M.D. Rama Rao Bharatiya Janata Party 11,995 1.4%
D. Prem Kumar Janata Party 1,785 0.2%
Rayapati Linga Rao Independent 1,300 0.1%
Paila Sominaidu AIIC(T) 1,142 0.1%
Vemulapalli Srinivasa Rao Independent 1,050 0.1%
Nageswara Rao Yadav Independent 971 0.1%
Koneru Kishore Independent 940 0.1%
Yenigalla Venkateswara Rao Independent 868 0.1%
Sanagapati Mohana Rao Independent 798 0.1%
Bhanu Murthy Vaggala Independent 710 0.1%
Dondapati Mohanarao Independent 654 0.1%
Kancharla Venkateswara Rao Independent 635 0.1%
Mohan Rao Gedala Independent 619 0.1%
Bandi Koteswara Rao Independent 608 0.1%
Rudrapati Christhu Dasu Independent 584 0.1%
Shaik Ali Independent 494 0.1%
Boyapati Ramachandra Rao Independent 434 0.0%
Namburi Amara Rao Independent 423 0.0%
Kandhakatla Srinivasa Rao Independent 418 0.0%
Tadikonda Ramakrishna Independent 417 0.0%
Poranki Raja Babu Independent 378 0.0%
Srikakolapu Hanumantha Rao Independent 363 0.0%
Gaddipati Sridhar Independent 359 0.0%
Devineni Ramarao Independent 357 0.0%
Kommana Murali Krishna Independent 321 0.0%
R. Surender Goud Independent 315 0.0%
Chandrasekhar Sirivery Independent 298 0.0%
Baig Ruftullah Independent 279 0.0%
Satyannarayana Venkata Independent 263 0.0%
John Vemuri Independent 263 0.0%
Shaik Ibrahim Independent 208 0.0%
Bobba Srinivasa Rao Independent 149 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Upendra Parvathaneni Indian National Congress 405,062 45.0%
Jai Ramesh Dasari Telugu Desam Party 374,995 41.7%
Vadde Ramakrishna Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 104,630 11.6%
Nalluri Subba Rao Independent 3,721 0.4%
Kamal Kumar B.P Bahujan Samaj Party 2,847 0.3%
Smt.Vidya Chennupati Independent 2,226 0.2%
Ammeswara Rao Gummadi Independent 1,170 0.1%
Eswara Rao Yelamanchili Independent 990 0.1%
Devadas Siripurapu SJP(R) 802 0.1%
Smt. Vijaya Lakshmi Vaggala Independent 503 0.1%
Nandigam Vishnu AJBP 459 0.1%
Yedu Kondalu P.V Independent 418 0.0%
Arlagadda Babu Rao Independent 409 0.0%
Abraham Varaprasad Gundabathina Independent 386 0.0%
Katamraju Yaram Independent 379 0.0%
Atluri Ravindra Prasad Independent 349 0.0%
Azit Kumar Reddy Thamma Independent 190 0.0%
Bala Nageswara Rao Chigurupati Independent 147 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gadde Rama Mohan Telugu Desam Party 482,968 52.0%
Upendra Parvathaneni Indian National Congress 395,902 42.6%
Kolli Nageswara Rao Communist Party of India 36,902 4.0%
Rama Mohana Rao Yalamanchili Independent 3,081 0.3%
Subramaheswara Rao (Mani) Yenduri PPOI 2,798 0.3%
Pilla Venkateswara Rao Independent 2,494 0.3%
Nandigam Vishnu AJBP 2,189 0.2%
Sudhakara Reddy Lakkireddy NTRTDP(LP) 986 0.1%
Rajanala Gopikrishna Independent 629 0.1%
Ballarapu Raja Rao Independent 585 0.1%
Parasa Yesu Ratnam Independent 503 0.1%
Kanneganti Purneswara Rao Independent 439 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rajagopal Lagadapati Indian National Congress 519,624 55.0%
Aswini Dutt Chalasani Telugu Desam Party 405,037 42.8%
Nandeti Prabhakar Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 6,472 0.7%
Koneru Vara Lakshmi PPOI 5,105 0.5%
Someswara Rao Madala Independent 3,039 0.3%
Syed Moinuddin Independent 1,443 0.2%
Ramachandra Rao. J Telangana Rashtra Samithi 1,268 0.1%
Domakonda Ravi Kumar Independent 1,005 0.1%
Jakka Taraka Mallikarjuna Rao Independent 637 0.1%
Apparao Damalapati Independent 549 0.1%
Gatla Venkata Narayana Reddy Independent 493 0.1%
Donepudi Srinivas Independent 482 0.1%
Gottumukkala Siva Prasadaraju Independent 396 0.0%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lagadapati Raja Gopal Indian National Congress 429,394 39.5%
Vamsi Mohan Vallabhaneni Telugu Desam Party 416,682 38.3%
Rajiv Chanumolu PRAP 164,666 15.1%
Devineni Kishore Kumar LSP 20,880 1.9%
Laka Vengala Rao Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 15,951 1.5%
Boppa Venkateswara Rao Independent 6,978 0.6%
Bolisetty Haribabu Independent 5,608 0.5%
Veerla Sanjeeva Rao Independent 4,615 0.4%
Sistla Narasimha Murthy Bahujan Samaj Party 4,585 0.4%
Raghava Rao Jakka PPOI 3,227 0.3%
Senapathi Chiranjeevi Independent 2,803 0.3%
Jakka Taraka Mallikharjuna Rao Independent 2,419 0.2%
Appikatla Jawahar Independent 1,931 0.2%
Shaik Mastan Independent 1,884 0.2%
Deverasetty Ravindra Babu Independent 1,596 0.1%
Baipudi Nageswara Rao Independent 1,400 0.1%
Venkata Rao P. Independent 1,033 0.1%
Perupogu Venkateswara Rao Independent 927 0.1%
Krishna Murthy Sunkara Independent 868 0.1%
Devireddy Ravindranatha Reddy Independent 850 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kesineni Srinivas Telugu Desam Party 592,696 49.6%
Koneru Rajendra Prasad YSR Congress Party 517,834 43.3%
Avinash Devineni Indian National Congress 39,751 3.3%
Kambala. Subrahmanyam (Sastry) WPOI 7,538 0.6%
Ishwarya Lakshmi Chinnam JSP 5,296 0.4%
None Of The Above Independent 5,290 0.4%
Chigurupati Ramalingeswara Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 3,579 0.3%
Har Mohinder Singh Sahani Aam Aadmi Party 3,088 0.3%
M.Phani Prakash Independent 2,809 0.2%
Raja Kumari Gundapaneni PPI 2,570 0.2%
Tatineni Srinivasa Rao Independent 2,456 0.2%
Dasari Venkata Nagesh Independent 1,873 0.2%
Surapaneni Saratbabu Independent 1,521 0.1%
Yaram Katam Raju Independent 1,402 0.1%
Altaf Ali Mohamed Independent 1,167 0.1%
Koneru Ramachandra Prasad Independent 1,096 0.1%
Koneru Rajendra Prasad Independent 1,014 0.1%
Chatragadda Pratap Independent 950 0.1%
Sunkara Krishna Murthy ARPS 803 0.1%
V.R.K.Murthy. Independent 748 0.1%
Bolisetty Haribabu Independent 667 0.1%
Ahmed Ansari Syed Independent 504 0.0%
P.V. Krishnaiah Independent 423 0.0%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) Telugu Desam Party 575,498 45.4%
Potluri.V.Prasad ( P V P ) YSR Congress Party 566,772 44.7%
Muttamsetty Prasad Babu Janata Party 81,650 6.4%
Kilaru Dileep Bharatiya Janata Party 18,504 1.5%
Naraharisetty. Narasimharao. Indian National Congress 16,261 1.3%
Andukuri Vijaya Bhaskar IPBP 2,457 0.2%
Bolisetty Hari Babu Independent 1,739 0.1%
Mohammad Ishaq Independent 1,218 0.1%
Anil Kumar Maddineni Independent 1,049 0.1%
Nandini Nallaghatla Independent 953 0.1%
Dhanekula Gandhi Independent 688 0.1%
Sekhar PPI 685 0.1%
Padala Siva Prasad Nationalist Congress Party 480 0.0%
Datla Lurdu Mary MPP 434 0.0%
Sk. Riyaz IUML 412 0.0%

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 0.9 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 6.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 43.3 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 26.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 19.0 pts 1984: Telugu Desam Party margin 4.6 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 7.2 pts 1991: Telugu Desam Party margin 5.4 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 13.0 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 3.3 pts 1999: Telugu Desam Party margin 9.4 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 12.1 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 1.2 pts 2014: Telugu Desam Party margin 6.3 pts 2019: Telugu Desam Party margin 0.7 pts 1957 1962 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Vijayawada 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Vijayawada in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) (Telugu Desam Party) won Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 575,498 votes (45.4%), a margin of 8,726 votes over Potluri.V.Prasad ( P V P ).

Which parties have won Vijayawada since 1957?

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

What was the closest result in Vijayawada?

The closest result on record for Vijayawada was 2019, when Telugu Desam Party beat YSR Congress Party by just 8,726 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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