1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

For Assembly election, see 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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42 seats
First party Second party   Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Party TDP INC Alliance NDA INC + Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Last election 12 22 Seats won 29 5 Seat change 17 17 Percentage 42.80% 39.90% Swing 4.51% 1.44%
Lok Sabha party position in 1999 (Andhra Pradesh)
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP

The 1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance and its ally Telugu Desam Party, which together won 36 out of 42 seats.

Election schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Poll event	Phase
	I	II	III
Notification date	11 August 1999	17 August 1999	21 August 1999
Last date for filing nomination	18 August 1999	24 August 1999	28 August 1999
Scrutiny of nomination	19 August 1999	25 August 1999	30 August 1999
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	21 August 1999	27 August 1999	1 September 1999
Date of poll	5 September 1999	11 September 1999	18 September 1999
Date of counting of votes/Result	6 October 1999
No. of constituencies	13	15	14

Parties and alliances

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	NDA		Telugu Desam Party			N. Chandrababu Naidu	34	42
			Bharatiya Janata Party			Vidyasagar Rao	8
	Indian National Congress					Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	42
	Left Front		Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Babu Rao Mediyam	7	13
			Communist Party of India			Sudhakar Reddy	6
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	1

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA	INC			CPI(M) + CPI
1	Srikakulam		TDP	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu		INC	Kanithi Viswanatham
2	Parvathipuram (ST)		TDP	D. V. G. Sankara Rao		INC	Kishore Chandra Deo
3	Bobbili		TDP	Padala Aruna		INC	Botcha Satyanarayana
4	Visakhapatnam		TDP	M. V. V. S. Murthi		INC	T. Subbarami Reddy		CPI(M)	Ch. Narsinga Rao
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)		TDP	Dumpa Mary Vijayakumari		INC	T. Ratna Bai		CPI	Sode Ramaiah
6	Anakapalli		TDP	Ganta Srinivasa Rao		INC	Gudivada Gurunadha Rao
7	Kakinada		TDP	Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy		INC	Thota Subbarao
8	Rajahmundry		BJP	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao		INC	Chitturi Ravindra
9	Amalapuram (SC)		TDP	G. M. C. Balayogi		INC	Gollapalli Suryarao
10	Narasapur		BJP	Krishnam Raju		INC	Kanumuri Bapi Raju		CPI(M)	Rudraraju Satyanarayana Raju (R. S.)
11	Eluru		TDP	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah		INC	Maganti Venkateswara Rao
12	Machilipatnam		TDP	Ambati Brahmanaiah		INC	Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
13	Vijayawada		TDP	Gadde Rama Mohan		INC	Upendra Parvathaneni		CPI	Kolli Nageswara Rao
14	Tenali		TDP	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		INC	P. Shiv Shankar		CPI(M)	Parchuri Nageswara Rao
15	Guntur		TDP	Yemparala Venkateswara Rao		INC	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao
16	Bapatla		TDP	D. Ramanaidu		INC	Jesudasu Seelam
17	Narasaraopet		TDP	S. M. Lal Janbasha		INC	N. Janardhana Reddy
18	Ongole		TDP	Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy		INC	Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy
19	Nellore (SC)		TDP	Vukkala Rajeswaramma		INC	Panabaka Lakshmi		CPI(M)	Thummalagunta Prapancha Bhanu Raju
20	Tirupati (SC)		BJP	Dr. N. Venkataswamy		INC	Chinta Mohan
21	Chittoor		TDP	Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy		INC	R. Gopinath
22	Rajampet		TDP	Gunipati Ramaiah		INC	Annayyagari Sai Prathap
23	Cuddapah		TDP	Kandula Rajamohan Reddy		INC	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
24	Hindupur		TDP	B. K. Parthasarathi		INC	S. Gangadhar
25	Anantapur		TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu		INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy
26	Kurnool		TDP	Kambhalapati E. Krishna Murthy		INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
27	Nandyal		TDP	Bhuma Nagi Reddy		INC	G. Prathap Reddy
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)		TDP	Manda Jagannath		INC	Mallu Ravi
29	Mahabubnagar		BJP	A. P. Jithender Reddy		INC	Dr. Mallikarjun
30	Hyderabad		BJP	Baddam Bal Reddy		INC	Konda Lakshma Reddy
31	Secunderabad		BJP	Bandaru Dattatreya		INC	N. Bhaskara Rao
32	Siddipet (SC)		TDP	Malyala Rajaiah		INC	Nandi Yellaiah
33	Medak		BJP	A. Narendra		INC	Mogaligundla Baga Reddy
34	Nizamabad		TDP	Gaddam Ganga Reddy		INC	Sanigaram Santosh Reddy
35	Adilabad		TDP	Samudrala Venugopal Chary		INC	Mohd. Sultan Ahmad		CPI	C. Shanker Rao
36	Peddapalli (SC)		TDP	Chellamalla Suguna Kumari		INC	Gaddam Venkatswamy		CPI	Yerrala Gattaiah
37	Karimnagar		BJP	C. Vidyasagar Rao		INC	Anand Rao Chelimeda
38	Hanamkonda		TDP	Chada Suresh Reddy		INC	M. Kamaluddin Ahmed		CPI	Kalidas Madatha
39	Warangal		TDP	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu		INC	T. Kalpana Devi		CPI(M)	Gollapelly Nagaiah
40	Khammam		TDP	Maddineni Baby Swarna Kumari		INC	Renuka Chowdhury		CPI(M)	Guguloth Dharma
41	Nalgonda		TDP	Gutha Sukender Reddy		INC	Kanukula Janardhan Reddy		CPI	Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
42	Miryalguda		TDP	Yadevelli Rangasai Reddy		INC	Jaipal Reddy		CPI(M)	Cherupalli Seetharamulu

Voting and results

Results by alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		TDP	1,32,97,370	39.85	7.88	34	29	17
			BJP	33,03,772	9.90	8.40	8	7	3
		Total		1,66,01,142	49.75		42	36
	INC			1,42,78,099	42.79	4.33	42	5	17
	CPI(M)			4,67,959	1.40	1.49	7	0
	CPI			4,43,775	1.33	1.23	6	0	2
	AIMIM			4,48,165	1.34	0.18	1	1
	Others			6,55,149	1.98		85	0
	IND			4,71,195	1.41	0.28	102	0
Total				3,33,65,484	100%	-	285	42	-

List of elected members

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Srikakulam	Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu		TDP	373,851	56.81	Kanithi Viswanatham		INC	276,969	42.09	96,882	14.72
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	D. V. G. Sankara Rao		TDP	304,000	49.54	Kishore Chandra Deo		INC	290,719	47.38	13,281	2.16
3	Bobbili	Botsa Satyanarayana		INC	339,768	48.95	Aruna Padala		TDP	335,947	48.40	3,821	0.55
4	Visakhapatnam	M. V. V. S. Murthi		TDP	442,036	49.96	T. Subbarami Reddy		INC	403,117	45.56	38,919	4.40
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	Dumpa Mary Vijayakumari		TDP	293,593	40.30	T. Ratna Bai		INC	256,490	35.21	37,103	5.09
6	Anakapalli	Ganta Srinivasa Rao		TDP	392,984	52.75	Gudivada Gurunadha Rao		INC	334,520	44.90	58,464	7.85
7	Kakinada	Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy		TDP	435,811	53.64	Thota Subbarao		INC	314,376	38.69	121,435	14.95
8	Rajahmundry	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao		BJP	411,956	51.73	Chitturi Ravindra		INC	351,925	44.20	60,031	7.53
9	Amalapuram (SC)	G. M. C. Balayogi		TDP	368,476	55.56	Gollapalli Suryarao		INC	249,597	37.63	118,879	17.93
10	Narasapur	Krishnam Raju		BJP	421,099	59.78	Kanumuru Bapiraju		INC	255,151	36.22	165,948	23.56
11	Eluru	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah		TDP	435,884	52.23	Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu)		INC	373,653	44.78	62,231	7.45
12	Machilipatnam	Ambati Brahmanaiah		TDP	387,533	54.44	Kavuru Sambasiva Rao		INC	304,537	42.78	82,996	11.66
13	Vijayawada	Gadde Rama Mohan		TDP	482,968	51.96	Upendra Parvathaneni		INC	395,902	42.59	87,066	9.37
14	Tenali	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		TDP	339,800	52.63	P. Shiv Shanker		INC	266,771	41.32	73,029	11.31
15	Guntur	Yemparala Venkateswararao		TDP	399,065	51.08	Rayapati Sambasiva Rao		INC	358,735	45.92	40,330	5.16
16	Bapatla	D. Rama Naidu		TDP	399,596	55.83	Jesudasu Seelam		INC	307,139	42.92	92,457	12.91
17	Narasaraopet	Janardhanareddy Nedurumalli		INC	432,266	50.27	Lal Janbasha S.M		TDP	418,384	48.66	13,882	1.61
18	Ongole	Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy		TDP	392,840	50.58	Sreenivasulu Reddy Magunta		INC	370,892	47.76	21,948	2.82
19	Nellore (SC)	Rajeswaramma Vukkala		TDP	381,166	49.51	Panabaka Lakshmi		INC	340,713	44.26	40,453	5.25
20	Tirupathi (SC)	Dr. N. Venkataswamy		BJP	386,478	48.89	Chintha Mohan		INC	373,981	47.31	12,497	1.58
21	Chittoor	Noothana Kalva Ramakrishna Reddy		TDP	419,208	50.18	R. Gopinath		INC	400,570	47.95	18,638	2.23
22	Rajampet	Gunipati Ramaiah		TDP	322,107	48.76	Annaiahgari Saiprathap		INC	294,937	44.65	27,170	4.11
23	Cuddapah	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy		INC	367,833	50.89	Kandula Rajamohan Reddy		TDP	341,236	47.21	26,597	3.68
24	Hindupur	B. K. Parthasarathi		TDP	432,575	56.25	S. Gangadhar		INC	297,939	38.74	134,636	17.51
25	Anantapur	Kalava Srinivasulu		TDP	378,488	50.27	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy		INC	357,386	47.47	21,102	2.8
26	Kurnool	Kambhalapati E. Krishna Murthy		TDP	385,688	51.27	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC	361,201	48.01	24,487	3.26
27	Nandyal	Bhuma Nagi Reddy		TDP	391,655	53.68	G. Prathap Reddy		INC	319,046	43.73	72,609	9.95
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)	Manda Jagannath		TDP	431,095	53.11	Mallu Ravi		INC	364,195	44.87	66,900	8.24
29	Mahabubnagar	A. P. Jithender Reddy		BJP	391,588	49.46	Dr. Mallikarjun		INC	340,693	43.03	50,895	6.43
30	Hyderabad	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi		AIMIM	448,165	41.36	Baddam Bal Reddy		BJP	387,344	35.74	60,821	5.62
31	Secunderabad	Bandaru Dattatreya		BJP	506,626	52.19	N. Bhaskara Rao		INC	409,000	42.13	97,626	10.06
32	Siddipet (SC)	Malyala Rajaiah		TDP	583,346	55.95	Nandi Yellaiah		INC	429,625	41.21	153,721	14.74
33	Medak	Ale Narendra		BJP	400,244	48.20	Mogaligundla Baga Reddy		INC	378,161	45.54	22,083	2.66
34	Nizamabad	Gaddam Ganga Reddy		TDP	373,260	49.51	Sanigaram Santosh Reddy		INC	369,824	49.05	3,436	0.46
35	Adilabad	Samudrala Venugopal Chary		TDP	390,308	52.49	Mohd. Sultan Ahmad		INC	280,585	37.73	109,723	14.76
36	Peddapalli (SC)	Chellamalla Suguna Kumari		TDP	406,529	47.24	Gaddam Venkatswamy		INC	390,640	45.39	15,889	1.85
37	Karimnagar	C. Vidyasagar Rao		BJP	398,437	49.73	Anand Rao Chelimeda		INC	379,067	47.31	19,370	2.42
38	Hanamkonda	Chada Suresh Reddy		TDP	375,285	51.56	Kamaluddin Ahmed		INC	289,504	39.78	85,781	11.78
39	Warangal	Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu		TDP	385,593	46.35	T. Kalpana Devi		INC	372,227	44.74	13,366	1.61
40	Khammam	Renuka Chowdhury		INC	328,596	35.85	Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni		TDP	320,198	34.93	8,398	0.92
41	Nalgonda	Gutha Sukender Reddy		TDP	427,505	44.97	Kanukula Janardhan Reddy		INC	347,770	36.58	79,735	8.39
42	Miryalguda	Jaipal Reddy		INC	401,437	44.12	Rangashai Reddy Yadevelli		TDP	349,360	38.40	52,077	5.72

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	C. Vidyasagar Rao	Karimnagar	Minister of State	Home Affairs	13 October 1999	29 January 2003		BJP
				Commerce and Industry	29 January 2003	22 May 2004
2	Bandaru Dattatreya	Secunderabad	Minister of State	Urban Development	13 October 1999	14 June 2000
				Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation	14 June 2000	1 July 2002
				Railways	1 July 2002	8 September 2003
			Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation	8 September 2003	22 May 2004
3	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao	Rajahmundry	Minister of State	Agriculture	13 October 1999	29 September 2000
4	U. V. Krishnam Raju	Narasapur		External Affairs	30 September 2000	22 July 2001
				Defence	22 July 2001	1 July 2002
				Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	1 July 2002	29 September 2003
				Rural Development	29 January 2003	22 May 2004

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 1999 election)
	Telugu Desam Party	162	180
	Indian National Congress	88	91
	Bharatiya Janata Party	37	12
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	4	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	2
	Communist Party of India	1	0
	Others	1	5
Total		294

External links

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