Amalapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)

Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes.

Assembly Segments

Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
161	Ramachandrapuram	None
162	Mummidivaram	None
163	Amalapuram	SC
164	Razole	SC
165	Gannavaram	SC
166	Kothapeta	None
167	Mandapeta	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Kaneti Mohana Rao	Communist Party Of India (CPI)
Second	1957-62	Kaneti Mohana Rao	Communist Party Of India (CPI)
Third	1962-67	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-77	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Kusuma Krishna Murthy	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	Kusuma Krishna Murthy	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	A. J. Venkata Butchi Maheshwara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	Kusuma Krishna Murthy	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	Ganti Mohanachandra Balayogi	Telugu Desam Party
Eleventh	1996-98	KSR Murthy	Indian National Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	Ganti Mohanachandra Balayogi	Telugu Desam Party
Thirteenth	1999-04	Ganti Mohanachandra Balayogi,Ganti Vijaya Lakshmi(2002-2004)	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	G.V. Harsha Kumar	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-14	G.V. Harsha Kumar	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Pandula Ravindra Babu	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

General Elections 1989

General Election, 1989: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kusuma Krishna Murthy	339,419	53.68	+15.53
	TDP	Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi	284,638	45.02	-16.22
Majority			54,781	8.66
Turnout			632,287	75.66	+1.04
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1991

General Election, 1991: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi	273,490	53.19	+8.17
	INC	Kusuma Krishna Murthy	186,003	36.18	-17.50
Majority			87,487	17.01
Turnout			514,144	61.48	-14.18
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 1996

General Election, 1996: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K S R Murthy	245,477	39.51	+3.33
	TDP	Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi	216,346	34.82	-18.37
	NTRTDP(LP)	Babu Mohan Palli	143,718	23.13
Majority			29,131	4.69
Turnout			621,325	68.39	+6.91
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi	286,953	43.57	+8.75
	INC	K S R Murthy	196,713	29.87	-9.64
	BJP	Umamaheswara Rao Kommabathula	172,301	26.16
Majority			90,240	13.70
Turnout			658,569	73.39	+5.00
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi	368,476	55.56	+11.99
	INC	Gollapalli Suryarao	249,597	37.63	+7.76
Majority			118,879	17.93
Turnout			663,249	73.02	-0.37
	TDP hold		Swing

General Elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G.V. Harsha Kumar	350,346	49.75	+12.12
	TDP	Janardhana Rao Dunna	308,861	43.86	-11.70
	Independent	Bhupati Muneeswara Rao	26,699	3.79
	Independent	Ramesh Yalangi	9,550	1.36
	BSP	D. Muralikrishna	8,768	1.25
Majority			41,485	5.89
Turnout			704,224	74.59	-0.85
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G.V. Harsha Kumar	368,501	35.99	-13.76
	PRP	Pothula Prameela Devi	328,496	32.09
	TDP	Doctor Gedela Varalakshmi	264,524	25.84
Majority			40,005	3.90
Turnout			1,023,765	80.28	+2.20
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Amalapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Pandula Ravindra Babu	594,547	53.04
	YSRCP	Pinipe Viswarupu	473,971	42.28
	INC	Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi Maheswara Rao	12,182	1.09
	Jai Samaikyandhra Party	G.V.Harsha Kumar	9,931	0.89
	BSP	Geddam Sampada Rao	7,219	0.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,141	0.55
Majority			120,576	10.76
Turnout			1,120,927	82.55	+2.27
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• East Godavari district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha