1998 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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Indian general election in United Andhra Pradesh, 1998
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  1996 February 1998 1999  

42 seats
 First partySecond party
  Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, 2008.jpg N. Chandrababu Naidu.jpg
Leader Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Chandrababu Naidu
Party INC TDP
Alliance Congress alliance Nonpartisan
Leader's seat Kadapa None
Last election2216
Seats won2212
Seat change-Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote12,269,47512,215,937
Percentage38.46%38.29%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.40%Increase2.svg1.20%

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The 1998 Indian general election polls in United 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. [1]

Contents

List of elected members

Parliament ConstituencyWinner
#NameCandidateParty
1 Srikakulam Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu TDP
2 Parvathipuram (ST) Vijayarama Raju Satrucharla TDP
3 Bobbili Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu TDP
4 Visakhapatnam Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy INC
5 Bhadrachalam (ST) Sode Ramaiah CPI
6 Anakapalli Gudivada Gurunadha Rao INC
7 Kakinada Venkata Krishnam Raju Uppalapati BJP
8 Rajahmundry Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu BJP
9 Amalapuram (SC) Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi TDP
10 Narsapuram Bapi Raju Kanumuri INC
11 Eluru Maganti Babu INC
12 Machilipatnam Kavuru Sambasiva Rao INC
13 Vijayawada Parvathaneni Upendra INC
14 Tenali P. Shiva Shanker INC
15 Guntur Rayapati Sambasiva Rao INC
16 Bapatla N. Janardhana Reddy INC
17 Narasaraopet Konijeti Rosaiah INC
18 Ongole Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy INC
19 Nellore (SC) Panabaka Lakshmi INC
20 Tirupati (SC) Dr. Chinta Mohan INC
21 Chittoor Nootanakalava Ramakrishna Reddy TDP
22 Rajampet Sai Prathap Annayyagari INC
23 Cuddapah Dr. Y.S. Raja Sekara Reddy INC
24 Hindupur S. Gangadhar INC
25 Anantapur Anantha Venkatarami Reddy INC
26 Kurnool Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy INC
27 Nandyal Bhuma Nagi Reddy TDP
28 Nagarkurnool (SC) Dr. Ravi Mallu INC
29 Mahabubnagar Jaipal Reddy JD
30 Hyderabad Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi AIMIM
31 Secunderabad Bandaru Dattatreya BJP
32 Siddipet (SC) Malyala Rajaiah TDP
33 Medak M. Baga Reddy INC
34 Nizamabad Gaddam Ganga Reddy TDP
35 Adilabad Dr. Samudrala Venugopal Chary TDP
36 Peddapalli (SC) Dr. Chellamalla Suguna Kumari TDP
37 Karimnagar Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao BJP
38 Hanamkonda Chada Suresh Reddy TDP
39 Warangal Chandulal Ajmeera TDP
40 Khammam Nadendla Bhaskara Rao INC
41 Nalgonda Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy CPI
42 Miryalguda Dr. B.N. Reddy INC

Voting and Results

Results by Alliance

INCSEATSTDPSEATSNDASEATSOTHERSSEATS
INC 22 TDP 12 BJP 4 AIMIM 1
CPI 2 NTRTDP(LP) 0
JD 1
TOTAL (1998)22TOTAL (1998)15TOTAL (1998)4TOTAL (1998)1
TOTAL (1996)22TOTAL (1996)19TOTAL (1996)0TOTAL (1996)1

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References

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