1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1996

April–May 1996
42 seats
First party Second party Third party   Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leader Konijeti Rosaiah Chandrababu Naidu Lakshmi Parvathi Party INC TDP NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) Alliance Congress alliance United Front (India) Nonpartisan Seats won 22 19 0 Popular vote 12,087,596 11,548,398 3,249,267 Percentage 39.66% 37.89% 10.66%
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The 1996 Indian general election polls in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 22 out of 42 seats. This was the first election contested by the TDP since its leader Chandrababu Naidu ousted the party founder N. T. Rama Rao in a palace coup in August 1995 and the latter's untimely death a few months later.

Andhra Pradesh

Constituency	Member	Party
Adilabad (ST)	Dr. Samudrala Venugopal Chary	Telugu Desam Party
Amalapuram (SC)	K. S. R. Murthy	Indian National Congress
Anakapalli	Ayyanna Patrudu Chintakayala	Telugu Desam Party
Anantapur	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Bapatla	Panabaka Lakshmi	Indian National Congress
Bhadrachalam (ST)	Sode Ramaiah	Communist Party of India
Bobbili	Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu	Telugu Desam Party
Chittoor	Nootanakalava Ramakrishna Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Cuddapah	Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Hanamkonda	Kamaluddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress
Hindupur	S. Ramachandra Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Hyderabad	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Kakinada	Gopal Krishna Thota	Telugu Desam Party
Karimnagar	Lgandula Ramana	Telugu Desam Party
Khammam	Veerabhadram Tammineni	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kurnool	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Machilipatnam	Satyanarayana Kaikala	Telugu Desam Party
Mahbubnagar (ST)	Dr. Mallikarjun Goud	Indian National Congress
Medak	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Miryalguda	Dr. B. N. Reddy	Indian National Congress
Nagarkurnool (SC)	Dr. Manda Jagannath	Indian National Congress
Nalgonda	Bommagani Dharmabhiksham	Communist Party of India
Nandyal	Bhuma Nagi Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Narasapur (SC)	Kothapalli Subbarayudu	Telugu Desam Party
Narasaraopet	Kota Saidiah	Indian National Congress
Guntur	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao	Indian National Congress
Nizamabad	Atmacharan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Ongole	Magunta Parvathamma Subbarama Reddy	Indian National Congress
Parvathipuram (ST)	Pradeep Kumar Dev Vyricherla	Indian National Congress
Peddapalli (SC)	G. Venkatswamy	Indian National Congress
Rajahmundry (ST)	Ravindra Chitturi	Indian National Congress
Rajampet	Sai Prathap Annayyagari	Indian National Congress
Secunderabad	P. V. Rajeshwar Rao	Indian National Congress
Srikakulam	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu	Telugu Desam Party
Tenali	Prof. Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	Telugu Desam Party
Tirupathi (SC)	Nelavala Subrahmanyam	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada	Parvathaneni Upendra	Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam	Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Warangal	Azmeera Chandulal	Telugu Desam Party

Voting and results

Results by alliance

INC	SEATS	NF	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	22	TDP	16	AIMIM	1
		CPI	2	NTRTDP(LP)	0
		CPI(M)	1
TOTAL (1996)	22	TOTAL (1996)	19	TOTAL (1996)	1
TOTAL (1991)	n/a	TOTAL (1991)	n/a	TOTAL (1991)	n/a

See also

• Elections in Andhra Pradesh

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History

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