1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
42 seats
	Andhra Pradesh
Prime Minister before election; Chandra Sekhar ; SJP(R)	Prime Minister after election; P. V. Narasimha Rao ; INC

Last updated December 03, 2025

The 1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 25 out of 42 seats.^[1]

Parties and alliances
Indian National Congress
Telugu Desam Party led Alliance
Bharatiya Janata Party
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Other Parties and Independents
List of Candidates
List of MPs won
Voting and results
Results by Alliance
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh
See also
References
External links

Parties and alliances

Indian National Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			N. Janardhana Reddy	42

Telugu Desam Party led Alliance

	Leader	Seats contested
Telugu Desam Party	N. T. Rama Rao	35
Janata Dal	V. P. Singh	2
Communist Party of India	Chandra Rajeswara Rao	2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	2
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha	Kishore Chandra Deo	1
Total		42

Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			L. K. Advani	41

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	1

Other Parties and Independents

Party		Flag	Symbol	Seats contested
	Other Parties			80
	Independents			403

List of Candidates

Constituency						BJP
Constituency
1	Srikakulam	INC	Viswandham Kanithi	TDP	Appayyadora Hanumanthli		BJP	Attada Appalanaidu
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	INC	Vijayaramaraju Satrucharla	IC(S)	Kishore Chandra Suryanarayanadeo Viricherla	Did Not Field
3	Bobbili	INC	Ananda Gajapathi Raju Poosapathi	TDP	Kemburu Rama Mohana Rao		BJP	Paka Raja Rao
4	Visakhapatnam	INC	Uma Gajapathiraju	TDP	M.V.V.S. Murthi		BJP	Chalapathi Rao P.V.
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	INC	Karreddula Kamalakumari	CPI	Ramaiah Sode		BJP	Gorle Dhanunjaya Raju
6	Anakapalli	INC	Konathala Ramakrishna	TDP	Appalanarasimham P.		BJP	Sanyasinaidu Veesam
7	Kakinada	INC	Mangapati Pallamraju Mallipudi	TDP	Thota Subbarao		BJP	Rao Venkata Maheepati Rama Ratna Rao
8	Rajahmundry	INC	Jamuna	TDP	K.V.R. Chowdary		BJP	Kantipudi Sarvarayudu
9	Amalapuram (SC)	INC	Kusunma Krishan Murthy	TDP	Balayogi G.M.C.		BJP	Janga Ramadasu
10	Narasapur	INC	Krishnam Raju	TDP	Vijayakumar Raju Bhupathiraju		BJP	Kurella Rangayya Naidu (Chiranjeevi)
11	Eluru	INC	Krishna	TDP	Bolla Bulliramaiah		BJP	Narsimha Rao Korada
12	Machilipatnam	INC	Sambasiva Rao Kavuri	TDP	K.P. Reddaiah		BJP	Kollipara Dhana Lakshmi
13	Vijayawada	INC	Chennupati Vidya	TDP	Vadde Sobhandreswara Rao		BJP	Velagapudi Siva Prasad
14	Tenali	INC	Basavapunnaiah Singam	TDP	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		BJP	Alla Nauroji Reddy
15	Guntur	INC	N.G. Ranga	TDP	Lal Jan Basha S.M.		BJP	Hanumantha Rao Muddana
16	Bapatla	INC	Salagala Benjamin	TDP	Venkateswara Rao Daggubati		BJP	Chandra Sekhara Rao Nasana
17	Narasaraopet	INC	Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy	TDP	Anisetty Padmavathi		BJP	Gutha Subbarao
18	Ongole	INC	Mangunta Subbarama Reddy	TDP	Dega Narasimha Reddy		BJP	Bathina Narasima Rao
19	Nellore (SC)	INC	Kudumula Padmasre	TDP	M. Nagabhushanamma		BJP	Gaddam Laxmi Narayana
20	Tirupathi (SC)	INC	Chinta Mohan	TDP	P. Subbaiah		BJP	P. Jayamma
21	Chittoor	INC	M. Gnanendra Reddy	TDP	Gurram V. Sreenatha Reddy		BJP	N. P. Jhansi Lakshmi
22	Rajampet	INC	Annaiahgari Saiprathap	TDP	Palakondrayudu Sugavasi		BJP	Challapalli Narasimha Reddy
23	Cuddapah	INC	Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy	TDP	C. Ramachandraiah		BJP	Gouru Pulla Reddy
24	Hindupur	INC	S. Gangadhara	TDP	K. Ramachandra Reddy		BJP	Seelam Krishna Reddy
25	Anantapur	INC	Anantha Venkata Reddy	TDP	B.T.L.N. Chowdary		BJP	Venkataswamy Muthuluru
26	Kurnool	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	TDP	S. V. Subba Reddy		BJP	Kurnool Kapileswaraiah
27	Nandyal	INC	Gangula Prathapa Reddy	TDP	Challa Rama Krishna Reddy		BJP	S. P. Y. Reddy
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)	INC	Mallu Ravi	TDP	Mahendranath P.		BJP	K. Laxman
29	Mahabubnagar	INC	Mallikarjun	TDP	Dyapa Gopal Reddy		BJP	Subba Reddy
30	Hyderabad	INC	M. Shivashankar	TDP	Indra Reddy Patlola		BJP	Baddam Bal Reddy
31	Secunderabad	INC	T. Manemma Anjaiah	JD	K. Pratap Reddy		BJP	Bandaru Dattatraya
32	Siddipet (SC)	INC	Yellaiah Nandi	TDP	G. Vijaya Rama Rao		BJP	Balaram Puli
33	Medak	INC	N. Baga Reddy	TDP	D. Rama Krishna		BJP	Allani Kishan Rao
34	Nizamabad	INC	T. Aduri Bala Goud	TDP	Gaddam Ganga Reddy		BJP	Loka Bhupathi Reddy
35	Adilabad	INC	P. Narasa Reddy	TDP	Allola Indrakaran Reddy		BJP	Thumala Narayana Reddy
36	Peddapalli (SC)	INC	G. Venkat Swamy	TDP	Suddala Devaiah		BJP	Chintha Samba Murthy
37	Karimnagar	INC	Chokka Rao Juvvadi	JD	G. Mohana Rao		BJP	Edavalli Jagga Reddy
38	Hanamkonda	INC	Kamaluddin Ahmed	TDP	Vanga Sundershan Reddy		BJP	Janga Reddy Chandupatla
39	Warangal	INC	Surendra Reddy Rama Sahayam	TDP	Nemarugommula Yethiraja Rao		BJP	Kola Janardhan
40	Khammam	INC	Rangayya Nayudu P.V.	CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram		BJP	Ali Khadar Sayyad
41	Nalgonda	INC	Chakilam Srinivasa Rao	CPI	Bommagani Dharma Biksham		BJP	Indrasena Reddy Nellu
42	Miryalguda	INC	B. N. Reddy	CPI(M)	Bheemireddy Narsimha Reddy		BJP	Oruganti Ramulu

List of MPs won

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Srikakulam	Viswandham Kanithi		INC	235,641	42.60	Appayyadora Hanumanthli		TDP	208,977	37.78	26,664	4.82
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	Vijayaramaraju Satrucharla		INC	279,415	53.01	Kishore Chandra Suryanarayanadeo Viricherla		ICS(SCS)	229,903	43.61	49,512	9.40
3	Bobbili	Ananda Gajapathi Raju Poosapathi		INC	280,335	49.59	Kemburu Rama Mohana Rao		TDP	252,211	44.62	28,124	4.97
4	Visakhapatnam	M. V. V. S. Murthi		TDP	289,793	45.82	Uma Gajapathiraju		INC	284,655	45.00	5,138	0.82
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	Karreddula Kamalakumari		INC	238,956	48.23	Ramaiah Sode		CPI	194,785	39.31	44,171	8.92
6	Anakapalli	Konathala Ramakrishna		INC	261,311	44.67	Appalanarasimham P.		TDP	250,153	42.76	11,158	1.91
7	Kakinada	Thota Subbarao		TDP	287,357	48.85	Mangapati Pallamraju Mallipudi		INC	252,040	42.85	35,317	6.00
8	Rajahmundry	K. V. R. Chowdary		TDP	315,556	51.54	Jamuna		INC	253,547	41.41	62,009	10.13
9	Amalapuram (SC)	G. M. C. Balayogi		TDP	273,490	53.19	Kusuma Krishna Murthy		INC	186,003	36.18	87,487	17.01
10	Narasapur	Vijayakumar Raju Bhupathiraju		TDP	317,703	51.93	Krishnam Raju		INC	259,154	42.36	58,549	9.57
11	Eluru	Bolla Bulliramaiah		TDP	360,312	52.45	Krishna		INC	312,657	45.51	47,655	6.94
12	Machilipatnam	K. P. Reddaiah		TDP	298,348	49.02	Sambasiva Rao Kavuri		INC	271,026	44.53	27,322	4.49
13	Vijayawada	Vadde Sobhandreswara Rao		TDP	326,890	48.89	Chennupati Vidya		INC	290,669	43.47	36,221	5.42
14	Tenali	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		TDP	252,900	47.74	Basavapunnaiah Singam		INC	242,729	45.82	10,171	1.92
15	Guntur	Lal Jan Basha S. M.		TDP	307,073	47.55	N. G. Ranga		INC	292,329	45.27	14,744	2.28
16	Bapatla	Venkateswara Rao Daggubati		TDP	285,778	46.82	Salagala Benjamin		INC	284,681	46.64	1,097	0.18
17	Narasaraopet	Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy		INC	349,041	52.14	Anisetty Padmavathi		TDP	286,425	42.79	62,616	9.35
18	Ongole	Mangunta Subbarama Reddy		INC	329,913	49.67	Dega Narasimha Reddy		TDP	290,583	43.75	39,330	5.92
19	Nellore (SC)	Kudumula Padmasre		INC	268,626	45.68	M. Nagabhushanamma		TDP	223,769	38.05	44,857	7.63
20	Tirupathi (SC)	Chinta Mohan		INC	391,534	61.98	P. Subbaiah		TDP	205,345	32.51	186,189	29.47
21	Chittoor	M. Gnanendra Reddy		INC	373,631	56.02	Gurram V. Sreenatha Reddy		TDP	263,649	39.53	109,982	16.49
22	Rajampet	Annaiahgari Saiprathap		INC	325,107	57.94	Palakondrayudu Sugavasi		TDP	162,813	29.02	162,294	28.92
23	Cuddapah	Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy		INC	583,953	75.29	C. Ramachandraiah		TDP	165,028	21.28	418,925	54.01
24	Hindupur	S. Gangadhara		INC	317,078	53.14	K. Ramachandra Reddy		TDP	217,965	36.53	99,113	16.61
25	Anantapur	Anantha Venkata Reddy		INC	362,676	59.14	B. T. L. N. Chowdary		TDP	200,392	32.67	162,284	26.47
26	Kurnool	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC	302,352	51.92	S. V. Subba Reddy		TDP	249,885	42.91	52,467	9.01
27	Nandyal	Gangula Prathapa Reddy		INC	377,556	60.10	Challa Rama Krishna Reddy		TDP	190,790	30.37	186,766	29.73
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)	Mallu Ravi		INC	259,128	44.74	Mahendranath P.		TDP	208,888	36.06	50,240	8.68
29	Mahabubnagar	Mallikarjun		INC	217,072	36.98	Dyapa Gopal Reddy		TDP	184,910	31.50	32,162	5.48
30	Hyderabad	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi		AIMIM	454,823	46.18	Baddam Bal Reddy		BJP	415,299	42.17	39,524	4.01
31	Secunderabad	Bandaru Dattatraya		BJP	253,924	48.19	T. Manemma Anjaiah		INC	168,861	32.05	85,063	16.14
32	Siddipet (SC)	Yellaiah Nandi		INC	300,629	48.60	G. Vijaya Rama Rao		TDP	185,367	29.96	115,262	18.64
33	Medak	N. Baga Reddy		INC	313,740	50.67	D. Rama Krishna		TDP	173,590	28.04	140,150	22.63
34	Nizamabad	Gaddam Ganga Reddy		TDP	257,297	44.41	T. Aduri Bala Goud		INC	188,949	32.62	68,348	11.79
35	Adilabad	Allola Indrakaran Reddy		TDP	208,792	40.96	P. Narasa Reddy		INC	168,816	33.12	39,976	7.84
36	Peddapalli (SC)	G. Venkat Swamy		INC	251,019	49.92	Suddala Devaiah		TDP	141,054	28.05	109,965	21.87
37	Karimnagar	Chokka Rao Juvvadi		INC	223,914	43.42	Krishnaiah N. V.		IND	106,378	20.63	117,536	22.79
38	Hanamkonda	Kamaluddin Ahmed		INC	188,278	49.28	Vanga Sundershan Reddy		TDP	123,815	32.41	64,463	16.87
39	Warangal	Surendra Reddy Rama Sahayam		INC	258,733	44.92	Nemarugommula Yethiraja Rao		TDP	206,860	35.91	51,873	9.01
40	Khammam	Rangayya Nayudu P. V.		INC	316,186	44.20	Tammineni Veerabhadram		CPI(M)	310,268	43.37	5,918	0.83
41	Nalgonda	Bommagani Dharma Biksham		CPI	282,904	42.30	Chakilam Srinivasa Rao		INC	214,327	32.05	68,577	10.25
42	Miryalguda	Bheemireddy Narsimha Reddy		CPI(M)	309,249	43.52	B. N. Reddy		INC	300,986	42.36	8,263	1.16

Voting and results

Results by Alliance

INC	SEATS	UF/NF	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	25	TDP	13	BJP	1
		CPI(M)	1	AIMIM	1
		CPI	1
TOTAL (1991)	25	TOTAL (1991)	15	TOTAL (1991)	2
TOTAL (1989)	n/a	TOTAL (1989)	n/a	TOTAL (1989)	n/a

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To
1	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Nandyal	Prime Minister of India		21 June 1991	16 May 1996	INC
2	Gaddam Venkatswamy	Peddapalli (SC)	MoS	Rural Development	21 June 1991	2 July 1992
			MoS	Rural Development	2 July 1992	18 Jan 1993
			MoS(I/C)	Textiles	18 Jan 1993	10 Feb 1995
			MoS(I/C)	Textiles	10 Feb 1995	15 Sept 1995
			Cabinet Minister	Labour	15 Sept 1995	16 May 1996
			MoS(I/C)	Textiles	20 Feb 1996	16 May 1996
3	Kamaluddin Ahmed	Hanamkonda	MoS	Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Public Distribution	21 June 1991	29 Sept 1994
3	Kamaluddin Ahmed	Hanamkonda	MoS	Commerce	19 Jan 1993	29 Sept 1994
4	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Kurnool	Cabinet Minister	Law Justice Company Affairs	21 June 1991	9 Oct 1992
5	P. V. Rangayya Naidu	Khammam	Deputy Minister	Communications	21 June 1991	18 Jan 1993
			MoS	Power	18 Jan 1993	10 Feb 1995
			MoS	Water Resources	10 Feb 1995	16 May 1995
6	Chinta Mohan	Tirupathi (SC)	MoS	Chemicals and Fertilizers	26 June 1991	17 Jan 1993

References

↑ "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

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[1] "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

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