Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) was won by M V V Satyanarayana (YSR Congress Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 4,414 votes over Bharat Mathukumilli. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju Independent 88,563 64.7% Mallavarapu Venkata Krishna Rao (Indian National Congress) 61,114 (44.7 pts)
1962 Vijaya Ananada Indian National Congress 159,423 70.0% Maddi Pattabhirama Reddy (Swatantra Party) 91,142 (40.0 pts)
1967 T. Viswanatham Independent 136,766 42.0% P. Venkatrao (Indian National Congress) 34,073 (10.5 pts)
1971 P. V. G. Raju Independent 184,464 57.6% Tenneti Viswanatham (Independent) 67,188 (21.0 pts)
1977 Dronamraju Satyanarayana Indian National Congress 171,657 51.0% Tenneti Viswanathan (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 42,829 (12.7 pts)
1980 Appalaswamy Kommuru Congress (I) 206,581 50.5% Bhattam Srirama Murthy (Congress (U)) 34,635 (8.5 pts)
1984 Bhattam Sreerama Murthy Telugu Desam Party 334,399 61.1% Appalaswamy Kommuru Alias Sanjeeva Rao (Indian National Congress) 140,431 (25.7 pts)
1989 Uma Gajapathi Raju Poosapati Indian National Congress 352,326 50.3% M.V.V.S. Murthy (Telugu Desam Party) 25,733 (3.7 pts)
1991 M.V.V.S. Murthi Telugu Desam Party 289,793 45.8% Uma Gajapathiraju (W) (Indian National Congress) 5,138 (0.8 pts)
1996 T. Subbarami Reddi Indian National Congress 365,700 43.9% Ananda Gajapathi Raju Poosapati (Telugu Desam Party) 7,459 (0.9 pts)
1998 Subbarami Reddy.T Indian National Congress 375,782 42.2% Ananda Gajapathi Raju Pusapati (Telugu Desam Party) 61,517 (6.9 pts)
1999 M.V.V.S.Murthy Telugu Desam Party 442,036 50.0% T.Subbarami Reddy (Indian National Congress) 38,919 (4.4 pts)
2004 Janardhana Reddy Nedurumalli Indian National Congress 524,122 54.3% Dr.M.V.V.S.Murthy (Telugu Desam Party) 130,571 (13.5 pts)
2009 Daggubati Purandeswari Indian National Congress 368,812 36.4% Palla Srinivasa Rao (PRAP) 66,686 (6.6 pts)
2014 Kambhampati Hari Babu Bharatiya Janata Party 566,832 48.7% Y.S Vijayamma (YSR Congress Party) 90,488 (7.8 pts)
2019 M V V Satyanarayana YSR Congress Party 436,906 35.7% Bharat Mathukumilli (Telugu Desam Party) 4,414 (0.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju Independent 88,563 64.7%
Mallavarapu Venkata Krishna Rao Indian National Congress 27,449 20.1%
Lanka Sundaram Independent 20,767 15.2%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vijaya Ananada Indian National Congress 159,423 70.0%
Maddi Pattabhirama Reddy Swatantra Party 68,281 30.0%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
T. Viswanatham Independent 136,766 42.0%
P. Venkatrao Indian National Congress 102,693 31.6%
G.B. Apparao Swatantra Party 48,152 14.8%
N. Somayajulu Independent 18,963 5.8%
B.V.S. Naidu Independent 18,761 5.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
P. V. G. Raju Independent 184,464 57.6%
Tenneti Viswanatham Independent 117,276 36.6%
S. N. Patrudu Independent 18,345 5.7%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dronamraju Satyanarayana Indian National Congress 171,657 51.0%
Tenneti Viswanathan Bharatiya Lok Dal 128,828 38.3%
M. V. Bhadram Communist Party of India 33,564 10.0%
Surendranath Kandala Independent 2,528 0.8%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Appalaswamy Kommuru Congress (I) 206,581 50.5%
Bhattam Srirama Murthy Congress (U) 171,946 42.0%
Nidadavolu Ramakrishna Raju Independent 16,072 3.9%
Bonu Lakshamana Rao Independent 14,438 3.5%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhattam Sreerama Murthy Telugu Desam Party 334,399 61.1%
Appalaswamy Kommuru Alias Sanjeeva Rao Indian National Congress 193,968 35.4%
Narayana Murthy Patrudu Sukhavasi Independent 4,359 0.8%
Icchapurapu Vittal Rao Independent 3,863 0.7%
Shakoor Babu Independent 2,398 0.4%
Dereddi Narayana Reddy Independent 2,365 0.4%
G.R.Rao Independent 2,356 0.4%
Sri Adibhatla Gouri Sankara Sastry Independent 1,329 0.2%
Vydula Venkata Babjee Rao Independent 1,139 0.2%
Mamidi Somunaidu Independent 1,108 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Uma Gajapathi Raju Poosapati Indian National Congress 352,326 50.3%
M.V.V.S. Murthy Telugu Desam Party 326,593 46.6%
Garikinaananda Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 7,370 1.1%
Gollakoti Vishnumurthy Independent 7,364 1.1%
Mamidi Somunaidu Independent 4,240 0.6%
N.R.K. Raju Independent 2,444 0.3%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M.V.V.S. Murthi Telugu Desam Party 289,793 45.8%
Uma Gajapathiraju (W) Indian National Congress 284,655 45.0%
Chalapathi Rao P.V. Bharatiya Janata Party 39,731 6.3%
Gollakoti Vishnu Murthy Independent 6,248 1.0%
Malla Sattanarayana Janata Party 2,417 0.4%
Bheemarasetti Viswanatham Bahujan Samaj Party 2,173 0.3%
Mamidi Sominaidu Independent 1,832 0.3%
Joga Venkataramana Yadav Independent 1,714 0.3%
Parisa Venkatanarayana Independent 1,221 0.2%
Paluri Seshumamba (W) Independent 1,167 0.2%
N.V. Raju Independent 812 0.1%
Manthena Krishan Murthyraju Independent 739 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
T. Subbarami Reddi Indian National Congress 365,700 43.9%
Ananda Gajapathi Raju Poosapati Telugu Desam Party 358,241 43.0%
M. Venkata Rao NTRTDP(LP) 59,341 7.1%
Alwardas Sunkari Bharatiya Janata Party 23,897 2.9%
Ananthathmula Suryanarayana Murthy Independent 3,885 0.5%
Kandarpa Narayana Murthy (Nehru) Independent 2,454 0.3%
Appa Rao Gudivada Independent 1,966 0.2%
Esmara Rao Potnuru Independent 1,650 0.2%
Adda Bharath Kumar Janata Party 1,623 0.2%
Tadi Manohar Kumar AIIC(T) 1,483 0.2%
Dogga Chandri Independent 1,479 0.2%
Mamidi Somunaidu Independent 1,117 0.1%
Bhaskara Rao Peri Independent 1,090 0.1%
Kudirella Maheswara Rao Independent 894 0.1%
Lekkala Appa Rao Independent 824 0.1%
Kommoju Veerabhadram Independent 758 0.1%
Angati Appa Rao Independent 716 0.1%
Gollakota Venkata Subba Rao Independent 683 0.1%
Atmaram Janupalli Independent 643 0.1%
S.N.V.S.S. Bhaskar Independent 598 0.1%
T.N.V Murthy (Navish) Independent 570 0.1%
Subbarayudu Amara Independent 461 0.1%
Rayavarapu Krishna Murthy Independent 392 0.0%
Vardineni Venkata Ramakrishnayya Independent 389 0.0%
Babu Rao Vegi Independent 384 0.0%
Prema Leela Rao Kaluturi Independent 375 0.0%
Medici Ganeswara Rao Independent 348 0.0%
Palakurthi Venu Independent 338 0.0%
C.S Prakasa Rao Independent 321 0.0%
Podipi Reddi Anand Independent 255 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Subbarami Reddy.T Indian National Congress 375,782 42.2%
Ananda Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Telugu Desam Party 314,265 35.3%
D.V.Subba Rao Bharatiya Janata Party 195,452 22.0%
Apparao Gudivada Independent 1,757 0.2%
Sangamreddy Surappadu Independent 1,529 0.2%
Guntuboyana Narayana Rao Samajwadi Party 1,385 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M.V.V.S.Murthy Telugu Desam Party 442,036 50.0%
T.Subbarami Reddy Indian National Congress 403,117 45.6%
Ch.Narsinga Rao CPI (Marxist) 26,610 3.0%
Navish Yadav(T.N.V.Murthi B.E.) Samajwadi Party 9,377 1.1%
Appa Rao Gudivada Independent 2,263 0.3%
Nanduri Pani Independent 1,458 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janardhana Reddy Nedurumalli Indian National Congress 524,122 54.3%
Dr.M.V.V.S.Murthy Telugu Desam Party 393,551 40.8%
Kolaventi Sundara Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 16,673 1.7%
Bharanikana Rama Rao Independent 11,002 1.1%
Mandem Subhash Chandra Bose Yadav Samajwadi Party 5,685 0.6%
Satyanarayana Machiraju Independent 5,602 0.6%
Vamsi Kiran.B PPOI 2,920 0.3%
S.V.B.Reddy Independent 2,358 0.2%
Mamidi Somunaidu Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,018 0.2%
Apparao Gudivada Independent 1,809 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Daggubati Purandeswari Indian National Congress 368,812 36.4%
Palla Srinivasa Rao PRAP 302,126 29.8%
Dr.M.V.V.S.Murthi Telugu Desam Party 223,117 22.0%
M.T.Venkateswaralu LSP 39,363 3.9%
D.V.Subbarao Bharatiya Janata Party 30,336 3.0%
Apparao Golagana Independent 9,670 1.0%
I.M.Ahmed Bahujan Samaj Party 8,838 0.9%
D.Bharathi PPOI 5,896 0.6%
Rangaraju Kalidindi Independent 5,797 0.6%
Ramesh Lanka BHSASP 5,347 0.5%
Bethala Kegiya Rani BSP(AP) 3,297 0.3%
Bandam Venkata Rao Yadav Independent 2,660 0.3%
D.V.Ramana (Vasu Master) TPPP 2,493 0.2%
Yaddanapudi Rangarao Independent 2,314 0.2%
Yalamanchili Prasad Independent 2,195 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kambhampati Hari Babu Bharatiya Janata Party 566,832 48.7%
Y.S Vijayamma YSR Congress Party 476,344 40.9%
Bolisetti Satyanarayana (Satya) Indian National Congress 50,632 4.4%
Imandi Venkata Kurmarao Bahujan Samaj Party 14,947 1.3%
None Of The Above Independent 7,329 0.6%
Sabbam Hari JSP 6,644 0.6%
Kuna Ramam Aam Aadmi Party 6,175 0.5%
Tanuku Divakar Independent 5,418 0.5%
Jt Ramarao SPS 4,323 0.4%
Dadi Jyothi Bhavani PPI 2,717 0.2%
Durgaprasad Guntu Independent 2,611 0.2%
Nagendra Sairam Independent 2,377 0.2%
Kurada Satyanarayana Patnaik Independent 1,927 0.2%
Dr Bhavani Sankar Sastry.A ICSP 1,910 0.2%
Kutikuppala Surya Rao Independent 1,889 0.2%
Seemakurthi Srinuvasu (Bhaghavan Srinu) Independent 1,759 0.2%
Umamaheswararao Areti Independent 1,751 0.2%
Chalapathirao Ronanki Independent 1,594 0.1%
J. Padmaja Independent 1,540 0.1%
Sreenadh Reddy Independent 1,379 0.1%
Chandrasekhar Budda Independent 1,348 0.1%
Gedela Krishnarao Independent 1,118 0.1%
Brahma Swaroop Kasibhatta Independent 994 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M V V Satyanarayana YSR Congress Party 436,906 35.7%
Bharat Mathukumilli Telugu Desam Party 432,492 35.4%
V.V. Lakshmi Narayana Janata Party 288,874 23.6%
Daggubati Purandeswari Bharatiya Janata Party 33,892 2.8%
Pedada. Ramanikumari Indian National Congress 14,633 1.2%
George Bangari VCK 3,028 0.2%
Durgaprasad. Guntu Independent 2,464 0.2%
Pulapaka Raja Sekhar Independent 2,294 0.2%
Anmish Varma Independent 1,915 0.2%
B. Jaya Venu Gopal PPI 1,627 0.1%
R. Udaya Gowri Independent 1,384 0.1%
Gannu Mallayya Independent 1,313 0.1%
Kothapalli Geetha Independent 1,158 0.1%
Gampala Somasundaram Independent 1,128 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: Independent margin 44.7 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 40.0 pts 1967: Independent margin 10.5 pts 1971: Independent margin 21.0 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 12.7 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 8.5 pts 1984: Telugu Desam Party margin 25.7 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 3.7 pts 1991: Telugu Desam Party margin 0.8 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 0.9 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 6.9 pts 1999: Telugu Desam Party margin 4.4 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 13.5 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 6.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 7.8 pts 2019: YSR Congress Party margin 0.4 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Visakhapatnam in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

M V V Satyanarayana (YSR Congress Party) won Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019 with 436,906 votes (35.7%), a margin of 4,414 votes over Bharat Mathukumilli.

Which parties have won Visakhapatnam since 1957?

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

What was the closest result in Visakhapatnam?

The closest result on record for Visakhapatnam was 2019, when YSR Congress Party beat Telugu Desam Party by just 4,414 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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