Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency

Rajahmundry
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Rajahmundry ; AP-8
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Anaparthy; Rajanagaram; Rajahmundry City; Rajahmundry Rural; Kovvur; Nidadavole; Gopalapuram
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Daggubati Purandeswari
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments, which belong to the East Godavari.^[1]

Assembly Segments

Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
40	Anaparthy	East Godavari	Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy	BJP	BJP
49	Rajanagaram		Bathula Balaramakrishna	JSP	BJP
50	Rajahmundry City		Adireddy Srinivas	TDP	BJP
51	Rajahmundry Rural		Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	TDP	BJP
54	Kovvur(SC)		Muppidi Venkateswara Rao	TDP	BJP
55	Nidadavole		Kandula Durgesh	JSP	BJP
66	Gopalapuram(SC)		Maddipati Venkata Raju	TDP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Nalla Reddi Naidu	Socialist Party
1952	Kaneti Mohan Rao	Communist Party of India
1957	Datla Satyanarayana Raju	Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1971	S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao
1977
1980
1984	Chundru Sri Hari Rao	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Jamuna	Indian National Congress
1991	K. V. R. Chowdary	Telugu Desam Party
1996	Chitturi Ravindra	Indian National Congress
1998	Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Vundavalli Aruna Kumar	Indian National Congress
2009	Vundavalli Aruna Kumar	Indian National Congress
2014	Murali Mohan	Telugu Desam Party
2019	Margani Bharat	YSR Congress Party
2024	Daggubati Purandeswari	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election 1989

General Election, 1989: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jamuna Juluri	386,314	53.63	+16.64
	TDP	Chundru Srihari	327,992	45.53	−15.51
Majority			58,322	8.10
Turnout			720,327	74.04	−1.30
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election 1991

General Election, 1991: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	K. V. R. Chowdary	315,556	51.54	−6.01
	INC	Jamuna Juluri	253,547	41.41	−12.22
Majority			62,009	10.13
Turnout			612,264	62.91	−11.13
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election 1996

General Election, 1996: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chitturi Ravindra	353,861	46.78	+5.37
	TDP	Chundru Srihari	258,695	34.20	−17.34
	NTRTDP(LP)	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	122,699	16.22
Majority			95,166	12.58
Turnout			756,401	67.51	+4.60
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election 1998

General Election, 1998: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu	285,741	36.57
	TDP	M. V. V. S. Murthi	275,829	35.30
	INC	T. V. Satyanarayana Reddy	210,901	26.99
Majority			9,912	1.27
Turnout			781,346	69.70	+1.49
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election 1999

General Election, 1999: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao	411,956	51.73	+15.16
	INC	Chituri Ravindra	351,925	37.63	−8.90
Majority			60,031	14.10
Turnout			796,286	70.02	−0.32
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2004

General Election, 2004: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vundavalli Aruna Kumar	413,927	50.72	+6.52
	BJP	Kantipudu Sarvarayudu	265,107	32.48	−19.25
	Independent	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao	99,671	12.21
	Independent	Gurrala Paramjyothi	22,598	2.77
Majority			148,817	18.24
Turnout			816,125	75.97	+5.95
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General Election 2009

General Election, 2009: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vundavalli Aruna Kumar	357,449	35.12	−15.60
	TDP	Murali Mohan	355,302	34.91
	PRP	Krishnam Raju	253,437	24.90
Majority			2,147	0.21
Turnout			1,017,820	80.72	+4.77
	INC hold		Swing

General Election 2014

General Election, 2014: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Murali Mohan	630,573	54.62	+19.71
	YSRCP	Boddu Venkataramana Chowdary	463,139	40.12	N/A
	INC	Kandula Durgesh	21,243	1.84	−33.28
	JSP	Mullapudi Satyanarayana	11,718	1.02
	BSP	Marre Babji	6,079	0.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,456	0.65
Majority			1,67,434	14.50	+14.29
Turnout			1,154,381	81.22	+0.50
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Margani Bharat	582,024	46.55	+6.43
	TDP	Maganti Rupa	4,60,390	36.82	−17.80
	JSP	Akula Satyanarayana	1,55,807	12.46	New
Majority			1,21,634	9.73	−4.77
Turnout			12,50,488	81.50	+0.28
	YSRCP gain from TDP		Swing

2024

2024 Indian general election: Rajahmundry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Daggubati Purandeswari	726,515	54.82
	YSRCP	Dr. Guduri Srinivas	487,376	36.77
	INC	Gidugu Rudra Raju	32,508	2.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	24,435	1.84
Majority			2,39,129	18.05
Turnout			13,25,297
	BJP gain from YSRCP		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.

External links

Rajahmundry lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[ceo-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 30.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh
After 2008 (implementation of Delimitation Act of 2002)	Araku Srikakulam Vizianagaram Visakhapatnam Anakapalli Kakinada Amalapuram Rajahmundry Narasapuram Eluru Machilipatnam Vijayawada Gunturu Narasaraopeta Bapatla Ongolu Nandyala Kurnool Anantapuram Hindupuram Kadapa Nellore Tirupati Rajampeta Chittoor
Constituencies which were abolished in 2008	Bhadrachalam (Part) Bobbili Parvathipuram Tenali