Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Guntur
Guntur
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Galla Jayadev
Parliamentary Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Andhra Pradesh
Assembly Constituencies	Tadikonda; Mangalagiri; Ponnuru; Tenali; Prathipadu; Guntur West; Guntur East

Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Guntur district.^[1] It was constituted in 1989 and N. G. Ranga was the first member of parliament (MP) from the constituency. Galla Jayadev is currently serving as the MP since 2014, who won the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections representing Telugu Desam Party.^[2]^[3]

Assembly segments[edit]

Guntur constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:^[4]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
86	Tadikonda	SC	Guntur
87	Mangalagiri	None	Guntur
88	Ponnuru	None	Guntur
91	Tenali	None	Guntur
93	Prathipadu	SC	Guntur
94	Guntur West	None	Guntur
95	Guntur East	None	Guntur

General Election, 1989: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nayakulu. G. Ranga	404,558	53.95	+4.43
	TDP	M S S Koteswararao	339,545	45.28	-2.23
Majority			65,013	8.67
Turnout			749,809	67.31	+1.21
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1991: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	S. M. Laljan Basha	307,073	47.55	+2.27
	INC	Nayakulu. G. Ranga	292,329	45.27	-8.68
Majority			14,744	2.28
Turnout			645,726	57.94	-9.37
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1996: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao	343,252	46.82	+1.55
	TDP	S. M. Laljan Basha	274,753	37.47	-10.08
style="background-color: Template:NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)\|Template:NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)/meta/shortname]]	Makineni Peda Rathaiah	89,098	12.15
Majority			68,499	9.35
Turnout			733,191	57.71	-0.23
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 1998: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao	359,456	47.79	+0.97
	TDP	S. M. Laljan Basha	302,109	40.16	+2.69
	BJP	Avula Veerasekhararao	82,193	10.93
Majority			57,347	7.63
Turnout			752,220	59.48	+1.77
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 1999: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Yemparala Venkateswararao	399,065	51.08	+10.92
	INC	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao	358,735	45.92	-1.87
Majority			40,330	5.16
Turnout			781,254	63.02	+3.54
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2004: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao	466,221	56.75	+10.83
	TDP	Yemparala Venkateswara Rao	336,429	40.95	-10.13
	BSP	Jupalli Hanumantha Rao Goud	9,375	1.14	+1.14
	TRS	Venkateswarlu Gundi	5,444	0.66	+0.66
	Independent	Muvva Venkat Rao	4,009	0.49	+0.46
Majority			129,792	15.80
Turnout			8,21,478	70.03	+7.01
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Election, 2009: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao	403,937	38.66	-18.09
	TDP	Rajendra Madala	364,582	34.90	-6.05
	Praja Rajyam	Thota Chandra Sekhar	227,764	21.80
	LSP	Amanulla Khan	17,362	1.66
	BJP	Yadlapati Swaruparani	10,797	1.03
	BSP	Malleta Babu Rao	7,385	0.71
	[[Pyramid Party of India\|Template:Pyramid Party of India/meta/shortname]]	Velagapudi Lakshmana Rao	3,234	0.31
	SP	Yarrakula Tulasi Ram Yadav	3,234	0.31
Majority			39,355	3.76
Turnout			1,044,731	76.53	+6.50
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 2014: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Galla Jayadev	6,17,000	40
	YSRCP	Vallabhaneni Balashowry	5,41,000	32
	INC	Abdul Waheed Shaik	46,818	3.76
style="background-color: Template:Jai Samaikyandhra Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Jai Samaikyandhra Party\|Template:Jai Samaikyandhra Party/meta/shortname]]	Mallela Venkata Rao	5,608	0.45
	BSP	Mallela Babu Rao	4,223	0.34
	AAP	Kata Venkata Bhavani Veera Vara Prasad	2,344	0.19
	[[Pyramid Party of India\|Template:Pyramid Party of India/meta/shortname]]	Abburi Koteswara Rao	1,636	0.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,596	0.61
Majority			69,222	5.56
Turnout			12,44,926	79.19	+2.66
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 2019: Guntur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	Galla Jayadev	5,87,918	43.50
	YSRCP	Modugula Venugopala Reddy	5,83,713	43.19
	Jana Sena	Bonaboyina Srinivasa Yadav	1,25,205	9.56
	BJP	Jayaprakash Narayan Valluru	11,841	0.88
Majority			4,205
Turnout			13,51,474	79.22
	TDP hold		Swing

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
↑ "Statistical Report on General elections, 1989 to Ninth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 72. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
↑ "MP (Lok Sabha)". AP State Portal. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. 17 December 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

v t e Guntur district
District headquarters	Guntur
Revenue division	Guntur revenue division Tenali revenue division Narasaraopet revenue division Gurazala revenue division
Mandal headquarters	Chebrolu Duggirala Guntur Kakumanu Kollipara Mangalagiri Medikonduru Pedakakani Pedanandipadu Phirangipuram Ponnur Prathipadu Tadepalle Tadikonda Thullur Vatticherukuru Vemuru
Cities and towns	Ponnur Sattenapalle Tadepalle Vaddeswaram
Locations other than cities and towns	Vaddamanu
See also	People from Guntur district Villages in Guntur district Amaravati topics Hindu Temples in Andhra Pradesh
Templates of other districts	Alluri Sitharama Raju Anantapur Annamayya Bapatla Chittor Eluru East Godavari Krishna Nellore NTR district Palnadu Prakasam Sri Sathya Sai district Tirupati Visakhapatnam West Godavari YSR district