:Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency
{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Amalapuram
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Andhra Pradesh/Amalapuram.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency
| established = 1952
| assembly_cons = Ramachandrapuram
Mummidivaram
Amalapuram
Razole
Gannavaram
Kothapeta
Mandapeta
| reservation = SC
| mp = Ganti Harish Madhur
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
}}
Amalapuram is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Konaseema district.{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |website=The Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=dead |page=30 |format=PDF |date=17 December 2018}}
Assembly segments
As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies order (2008), the constituency covers seven assembly segments:{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |website=The Election Commission of India |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2018 |location=New Delhi |pages=19, 30}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
!# !Name !District !Member ! colspan="2" |Party !colspan=2 |Leading |
| 42
| rowspan="7" |Konaseema |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |
| 43
|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |
| 44
|Amalapuram(SC) |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |
| 45
|Razole(SC) |{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}} |JSP |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |
| 46
|Gannavaram(SC) |{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}} |JSP |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |
| 47
|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |{{party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 48
|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}} |TDP |
Members of Parliament
^ indicates by-election
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Winner ! colspan="2" | Party |
| 1957
|Kaneti Mohana Rao |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1962
|rowspan=3|Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}} |
| 1967 |
| 1971 |
| 1977
|rowspan=2|Kusuma Krishna Murthy |
| 1980 |
| 1984
|A. J. Venkata Butchi Maheshwara Rao |{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 1989
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1991
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 1996
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1998
|rowspan=2|G. M. C. Balayogi |{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}} |
| 1999 |
| ^2002 |
| 2004
|rowspan=2|G. V. Harsha Kumar |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 2009 |
| 2014
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2019
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
= General Election 1989 =
{{Election box begin | title=1989 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Kusuma Krishna Murthy
| votes = 339,419
| percentage = 53.68
| change = {{increase}}15.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi
| votes = 284,638
| percentage = 45.02
| change ={{decrease}}16.22
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 54,781
| percentage = 8.66
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 632,287
| percentage = 75.66
| change = {{increase}}1.04
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 1991 =
{{Election box begin | title=1991 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = G. M. C. Balayogi
| votes = 273,490
| percentage = 53.19
| change = {{increase}}8.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Kusuma Krishna Murthy
| votes = 186,003
| percentage = 36.18
| change = {{decrease}}17.50
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 87,487
| percentage = 17.01
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 514,144
| percentage = 61.48
| change = {{decrease}}14.18
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 1996 =
{{Election box begin | title=1996 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = K. S. R. Murthy
| votes = 245,477
| percentage = 39.51
| change = +3.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = G. M. C. Balayogi
| votes = 216,346
| percentage = 34.82
| change = -18.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)
| candidate = Babu Mohan Palli
| votes = 143,718
| percentage = 23.13
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 29,131
| percentage = 4.69
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 621,325
| percentage = 68.39
| change = +6.91
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 1998 =
{{Election box begin | title=1998 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = G. M. C. Balayogi
| votes = 286,953
| percentage = 43.57
| change = +8.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = K. S. R. Murthy
| votes = 196,713
| percentage = 29.87
| change = -9.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Umamaheswara Rao Kommabathula
| votes = 172,301
| percentage = 26.16
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 90,240
| percentage = 13.70
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 658,569
| percentage = 73.39
| change = +5.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 1999 =
{{Election box begin | title=1999 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = G. M. C. Balayogi
| votes = 368,476
| percentage = 55.56
| change = +11.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Gollapalli Suryarao
| votes = 249,597
| percentage = 37.63
| change = +7.76
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 118,879
| percentage = 17.93
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 663,249
| percentage = 73.02
| change = -0.37
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= By-election 2002 =
{{Election box begin | title=2002 by-election : Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Vijaya Kumari Ganti
| votes = 3,41,923
| percentage = 90.82
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = J. B. Raju
| votes = 28,263
| percentage = 7.50
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = P. Vijaya Chakravarthi
| votes = 6,271
| percentage = 1.66
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 3,13,660
| percentage = 83.32
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 3,76,457
| percentage = 37.73
| change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 9,97,557
|ref= }}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = G. V. Harsha Kumar
| votes = 350,346
| percentage = 49.75
| change = {{increase}}12.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Janardhana Rao Dunna
| votes = 308,861
| percentage = 43.86
| change = {{decrease}}11.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Bhupati Muneeswara Rao
| votes = 26,699
| percentage = 3.79
| change =N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Ramesh Yalangi
| votes = 9,550
| percentage = 1.36
| change =N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = D. Muralikrishna
| votes = 8,768
| percentage = 1.25
| change =N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 41,485
| percentage = 5.89
| change = {{decrease}}12.04
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 704,224
| percentage = 74.59
| change = {{decrease}}0.85
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = G. V. Harsha Kumar
| votes = 368,501
| percentage = 35.99
| change = {{decrease}}13.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Praja Rajyam Party
| candidate = Pothula Prameela Devi
| votes = 328,496
| percentage = 32.09
| change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Gedela Varalakshmi
| votes = 264,524
| percentage = 25.84
| change = {{decrease}}18.02
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 40,005
| percentage = 3.90
| change = {{decrease}}1.99
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,023,765
| percentage = 80.28
| change = {{increase}}2.20
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| swing = {{decrease}}13.76
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General Election 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 General Election: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Pandula Ravindra Babu
| votes = 594,547
| percentage = 53.04
| change ={{increase}}27.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = YSR Congress Party
| candidate = Pinipe Viswarupu
| votes = 473,971
| percentage = 42.28
| change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = A. J. V. Butchi Maheswara Rao
| votes = 12,182
| percentage = 1.09
| change = {{decrease}}34.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Jai Samaikyandhra Party
| candidate = G. V. Harsha Kumar
| votes = 9,931
| percentage = 0.89
| change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Geddam Sampada Rao
| votes = 7,219
| percentage = 0.64
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 6,141
| percentage = 0.55
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 120,576
| percentage = 10.76
| change = {{increase}}6.86
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,120,927
| percentage = 82.55
| change ={{increase}}2.27
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = YSR Congress Party
| candidate = Chinta Anuradha
| votes = 485,313
| percentage = 39.43
| change = {{decrease}}2.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Ganti Harish Madhur
| votes = 4,45,347
| percentage = 36.18
| change = {{decrease}}16.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janasena Party
|candidate = D. M. R. Sekhar
|votes = 2,54,848
|percentage = 20.70
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ayyaji Vema Manepalli
|votes = 11,516
|percentage = 0.94
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 39,966
| percentage =3.24
| change ={{decrease}}7.52
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 12,35,368
| percentage = 84.64
| change = {{decrease}}2.09
}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 14,59,556
|ref= }}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = YSR Congress Party
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Ganti Harish Madhur|votes=7,96,981|percentage=61.25|change=+25.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao|votes=4,54,785|percentage=34.95|change=-4.48}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Janga Goutham|votes=15,082|percentage=1.16|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None Of The Above|votes=13,518|percentage=1.04|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3,42,196|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=13,01,934|percentage=84.97|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = YSR Congress Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/andhra_pradesh/amalapuram/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Amalapuram lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]
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