https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Rajahmundry_Lok_Sabha_constituency Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history 2026-11-07T13:24:09Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rajahmundry_Lok_Sabha_constituency&diff=528376&oldid=prev MaryellenBuckman: created some entry basic info 2026-04-24T06:36:57Z <p>created some entry basic info</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | type = LS<br /> | name = Rajahmundry &lt;Br&gt;{{Small|AP-8}}<br /> | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Andhra Pradesh/Rajahmundry.map}}<br /> | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency<br /> | state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> | UnionTerritory = <br /> | established = 1952<br /> | assembly_cons = [[Anaparthy Assembly constituency|Anaparthy]]&lt;br&gt;[[Rajanagaram Assembly constituency|Rajanagaram]]&lt;br&gt;[[Rajahmundry City Assembly constituency|Rajahmundry City]]&lt;br&gt;[[Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency|Rajahmundry Rural]]&lt;br&gt;[[Kovvur Assembly constituency|Kovvur]]&lt;br&gt;[[Nidadavole Assembly constituency|Nidadavole]]&lt;br&gt;[[Gopalapuram Assembly constituency|Gopalapuram]]<br /> | Electorate = <br /> | latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | incumbent_image = D. Purandeswari addressing at the inauguration of ‘eINDIA 2008-Asia’s Largest ICT Conference with focus on e-Governance &amp; Digital Learning’, in New Delhi on July 29, 2008.jpg<br /> | mp = [[Daggubati Purandeswari]]<br /> | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> |alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br /> | preceded_by = [[Margani Bharat]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is one of the twenty-five [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Andhra Pradesh (25)|lok sabha constituencies]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It comprises seven assembly segments, which belong to the [[East Godavari district]], [[Eluru district]], and [[Kakinada district]]s.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |website=The Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=dead |page=30 |format=PDF |date=17 December 2018}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Assembly Segments==<br /> Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] segments:&lt;ref name=&quot;ceo&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=30}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {|class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot; width=&quot;500px&quot; <br /> !width=&quot;50px&quot; style=&quot;font-size:75%&quot;|#<br /> !width=&quot;200px&quot;|Name<br /> !District<br /> !Member<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot; |Party<br /> ! colspan=2 |Leading&lt;br/&gt;{{small|(in 2024)}}<br /> |-<br /> |40<br /> |[[Anaparthy Assembly constituency|Anaparthy]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;7&quot; |[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]<br /> |[[Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy]]<br /> |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} <br /> |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br /> |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=7}} <br /> |rowspan=&quot;7&quot;|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br /> |-<br /> |49<br /> |[[Rajanagaram Assembly constituency|Rajanagaram]]<br /> |[[Bathula Balaramakrishna]]<br /> |{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}} <br /> |[[Janasena Party|JSP]]<br /> |-<br /> |50<br /> |[[Rajahmundry City Assembly constituency|Rajahmundry City]]<br /> |[[Adireddy Srinivas]]<br /> |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}} <br /> |rowspan=&quot;3&quot;|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]<br /> |-<br /> |51<br /> |[[Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency|Rajahmundry Rural]]<br /> |[[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]<br /> |-<br /> |54<br /> |[[Kovvur Assembly constituency|Kovvur]](SC)<br /> |[[Muppidi Venkateswara Rao]]<br /> |-<br /> |55<br /> |[[Nidadavole Assembly constituency|Nidadavole]]<br /> |[[Kandula Durgesh]]<br /> |{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}} <br /> |[[Janasena Party|JSP]]<br /> |-<br /> |66<br /> |[[Gopalapuram Assembly constituency|Gopalapuram]](SC)<br /> |[[Maddipati Venkata Raju]]<br /> |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} <br /> |[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Members of Parliament==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Member<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot; | Party<br /> |-<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; |[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]<br /> |[[Nalla Reddi Naidu]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India, 1948)}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[Kaneti Mohan Rao]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]<br /> |rowspan=3|[[Datla Satyanarayana Raju]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br /> |rowspan=3|[[S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br /> |Chundru Sri Hari Rao<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br /> |[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}&quot; |<br /> |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br /> |K. V. R. Chowdary<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br /> |Chitturi Ravindra<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br /> |Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br /> |[[S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; |[[Vundavalli Aruna Kumar]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br /> |[[Murali Mohan]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br /> |[[Margani Bharat]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<br /> |[[Daggubati Purandeswari]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> ===General Election 1989===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election|General Election, 1989]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna Juluri]]|votes=386,314|percentage=53.63|change=+16.64}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Chundru Srihari|votes=327,992|percentage=45.53|change=-15.51}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=58,322|percentage=8.10|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=720,327|percentage=74.04|change=-1.30}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = Indian National Congress<br /> | loser = Telugu Desam Party<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 1991===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election|General Election, 1991]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=K. V. R. Chowdary|votes=315,556|percentage=51.54|change=-6.01}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna Juluri]]|votes=253,547|percentage=41.41|change=-12.22}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=62,009|percentage=10.13|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=612,264|percentage=62.91|change=-11.13}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = Telugu Desam Party<br /> | loser = Indian National Congress<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 1996===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|General Election, 1996]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Chitturi Ravindra|votes=353,861|percentage=46.78|change=+5.37}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Chundru Srihari|votes=258,695|percentage=34.20|change=-17.34}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)|candidate=[[Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary]]|votes=122,699|percentage=16.22|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=95,166|percentage=12.58|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=756,401|percentage=67.51|change=+4.60}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = Indian National Congress<br /> | loser = Telugu Desam Party<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 1998===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu|votes=285,741|percentage=36.57|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[M. V. V. S. Murthi]]|votes=275,829|percentage=35.30|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=T. V. Satyanarayana Reddy|votes=210,901|percentage=26.99|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=9,912|percentage=1.27|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=781,346|percentage=69.70|change=+1.49}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> | loser = Indian National Congress<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 1999===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao]]|votes=411,956|percentage=51.73|change=+15.16}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Chituri Ravindra|votes=351,925|percentage=37.63|change=-8.90}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=60,031|percentage=14.10|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=796,286|percentage=70.02|change=-0.32}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> | winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> | loser = <br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 2004===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Vundavalli Aruna Kumar]]|votes=413,927|percentage=50.72|change=+6.52}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Kantipudi Sarvarayudu|votes=265,107|percentage=32.48|change=-19.25}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao]]|votes=99,671|percentage=12.21|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gurrala Paramjyothi|votes=22,598|percentage=2.77|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=148,817|percentage=18.24|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=816,125|percentage=75.97|change=+5.95}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = Indian National Congress<br /> | loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 2009===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections|General Election, 2009]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Vundavalli Aruna Kumar]]|votes=357,449|percentage=35.12|change=-15.60}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Murali Mohan]]|votes=355,302|percentage=34.91|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=[[Krishnam Raju]]|votes=253,437|percentage=24.90|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=2,147|percentage=0.21|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=1,017,820|percentage=80.72|change=+4.77}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> | winner = Indian National Congress<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 2014===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections|General Election, 2014]]: Rajahmundry}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=[[Murali Mohan]]|votes=630,573|percentage=54.62|change=+19.71}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Boddu Venkataramana Chowdary|votes=463,139|percentage=40.12|change=&#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Kandula Durgesh]]|votes=21,243|percentage=1.84|change=-33.28}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jai Samaikyandhra Party|candidate=Mullapudi Satyanarayana|votes=11,718|percentage=1.02|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Marre Babji|votes=6,079|percentage=0.53|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=7,456|percentage=0.65|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=1,67,434|percentage=14.50|change=+14.29}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=1,154,381|percentage=81.22|change=+0.50}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = Telugu Desam Party<br /> | loser = Indian National Congress<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2019===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Rajahmundry]]}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=[[Margani Bharat]]|votes=5,82,024|percentage=46.55|change=+6.43}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Maganti Rupa|votes=4,60,390|percentage=36.82|change=-17.80}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=[[Akula Satyanarayana]]|votes=1,55,807|percentage=12.46|change=&#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=1,21,634|percentage=9.73|change=-4.77}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=12,50,488|percentage=81.50|change=+0.28}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner = YSR Congress Party<br /> | loser = Telugu Desam Party<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===General Election 2024===<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Rajahmundry]]&lt;ref name=&quot;2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Rajahmundry&quot;&gt;{{cite news |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Rajahmundry |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S018.htm |accessdate=14 September 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250914153224/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S018.htm |archivedate=14 September 2025}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Rajahmundry Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024&quot;&gt;{{cite news |title=Rajahmundry Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/andhra-pradesh/rajahmundry |accessdate=14 September 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250914153231/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/andhra-pradesh/rajahmundry |archivedate=14 September 2025 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Daggubati Purandeswari]]|votes=726,515|percentage=54.82|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Dr. Guduri Srinivas|votes=487,376|percentage=36.77|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Gidugu Rudra Raju]]|votes=32,508|percentage=2.45|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=24,435|percentage=1.84|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box majority|votes=239,129|percentage=18.05|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=1,329,162|percentage=81.85|change=}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> | winner =Bharatiya Janata Party <br /> | loser =YSR Congress Party <br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/andhra_pradesh/rajahmundry/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Rajahmundry lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]<br /> <br /> {{Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}<br /> <br /> {{coord|17.01|81.80|display=title}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency}}<br /> [[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:East Godavari district]]<br /> [[Category:Kakinada district]]<br /> [[Category:Eluru district]]<br /> [[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies established in 1952]]</div> MaryellenBuckman