Kadapa 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 = Kadapa

| 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/Kadapa.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| established = 1952

| assembly_cons = Badvel
Kadapa
Pulivendla
Kamalapuram
Jammalamadugu
Proddatur
Mydukur

| electors = 16,06,127

| latest_election_year = 2024

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image =

| mp = Y. S. Avinash Reddy

| party = {{Party index link|YSR Congress Party}}

}}

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to YSR Kadapa 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=31 |format=PDF |date=17 December 2018}}

Assembly Segments

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=31}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!#

!Name

!District

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

! colspan=2 |Leading
{{small|(in 2024)}}

124

|Badvel (SC)

| rowspan="7" |Kadapa

|Dasari Sudha

|{{Party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}

|YSRCP

|{{Party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}

|YSRCP

126

|Kadapa

|Reddeppagari Madhavi Reddy

| {{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

129

|Pulivendla

|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|{{Party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}

|YSRCP

|{{Party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}

|YSRCP

130

|Kamalapuram

|Putha Krishna Chaitanya Reddy

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

131

|Jammalamadugu

|Chadipirala Adinarayana Reddy

|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|BJP

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

132

|Proddatur

|Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

133

|Mydukur

|Putta Sudhakar Yadav

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Telugu Desam Party}}

|TDP

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Y. Eswara Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1957

|V. Rami Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1962

| rowspan="3" |Y. Eswara Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=3}}

1967
1971
1977

| rowspan="2" |Kandula Obul Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1980

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |

|Indian National Congress (I)

1984

|D.Narayana Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

1989

| rowspan="4" |Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

1991
1996
1998
1999

| rowspan="2" |Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

2004
2009

| rowspan="2" |Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=1}}

2011

|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=4

}}

2014

| rowspan="3" |Y. S. Avinash Reddy

2019
2024

^By Poll

Election results

= 2024 =

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Kadapa{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Y.S. Avinash Reddy retains Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ys-avinash-reddy-retains-kadapa-lok-sabha-constituency/article68252004.ece |accessdate=21 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621182410/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ys-avinash-reddy-retains-kadapa-lok-sabha-constituency/article68252004.ece |archivedate=21 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Y. S. Avinash Reddy|votes=6,05,143|percentage=45.78|change=-18.01}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=C. Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy|votes=5,42,448|percentage=41.03|change=+8.24}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Y. S. Sharmila|votes=1,41,039|percentage=10.67|change=+9.97}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 16,846

|percentage = 1.27

|change = +0.07

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=62,695|percentage=4.75|change=-26.25}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=13,27,619|percentage=80.89|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = YSR Congress Party

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2019 =

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Kadapa{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/1551-general-election-2019-including-vellore-pc/ |title=General Election 2019 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 22 October 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Y. S. Avinash Reddy

|votes = 783,499

|percentage = 63.79

|change = +7.84

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Ch. Adinarayana Reddy

|votes = 402,773

|percentage = 32.79

|change = -7.31

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 14,692

|percentage = 1.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,80,726

|percentage = 31.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,28,242

|percentage = 78.22

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 15,70,330

|ref= }}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|swing = +8.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2014=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 2014: Kadapa{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/2857-constituency-wise-detailed-result/ |title=General Election 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 22 October 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Y. S. Avinash Reddy

|votes = 671,983

|percentage = 55.95

|change = -4.20

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Reddeppagari Srinivasa Reddy

|votes = 481,660

|percentage = 40.10

|change = +27.53

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Ajay Kumar Veena

|votes = 14,319

|percentage = 1.19

|change = -13.03

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Malikireddy Hanumantha Reddy

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 5,515

|percentage = 0.46

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Yellipalem Ramesh Reddy

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|votes = 3,809

|percentage = 0.32

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Attirala Narain Reddy

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 1,927

|percentage = 0.16

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 6,058

|percentage = 0.50

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 190,323

|percentage = 15.85

|change = -44.74

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,00,662

|percentage = 77.45

|change = -0.08

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|swing = -11.20

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Bye-Election 2011=

{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 2011: Kadapa}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|votes = 6,92,251

|percentage = 67.15

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = D. L. Ravindra Reddy

|votes = 146,579

|percentage = 14.22

|change = -38.65

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = M. V. Mysura Reddy

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|votes = 129,565

|percentage = 12.57

|change = -22.87

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = V. P. Reddy

|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

|votes = 6,577

|percentage = 0.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = J. M. R. Chinta

|party = Independent (politician)

|votes = 5,247

|percentage = 0.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,43,053

|percentage = 52.93

|change = +35.16

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,30,978

|percentage = 77.54

|change = +1.39

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing = +58.56

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2009=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 2009: Kadapa{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/98-general-election-2009/ |title=General Election 2009 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 22 October 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|votes = 542,611

|percentage = 52.87

|change = -3.46

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Palem Srikanth Reddy

|votes = 363,765

|percentage = 35.44

|change = -4.81

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Praja Rajyam Party

|candidate = Dr. Khaleel Basha

|votes = 63,309

|percentage = 6.17

|change = +6.17

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Jambapuram Muni Reddy

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 10,761

|percentage = 1.05

|change = +1.05

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Vangala Shashi Bhushan Reddy

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 7,171

|percentage = 0.70

|change = +0.70

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 178,846

|percentage = 17.43

|change = +1.35

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,26,285

|percentage = 76.15

|change = +4.51

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|swing = -3.46

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2004=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 2004: Kadapa{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4126-general-election-2004-vol-i-ii-iii/ |title=General Election 2004 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 22 October 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy

|votes = 461,431

|percentage = 56.33

|change = +5.44

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = M. V. Mysura Reddy

|votes = 329,757

|percentage = 40.25

|change = -6.96

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = T Bhaskar Reddy

|votes = 10,250

|percentage = 1.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Indi reddy Thimma Reddy

|votes = 5,242

|percentage = 0.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Subba Rao Vitta

|votes = 3,932

|percentage = 0.48

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Pyramid Party of India

|candidate = K Kondaboina Sreenivasulu

|votes = 1,759

|percentage = 0.21

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = C Balavarada Reddy

|votes = 1,115

|percentage = 0.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party of India

|candidate = B Narayana Reddy

|votes = 903

|percentage = 0.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ambedkar National Congress

|candidate = Putha Ramaprasada Reddy

|votes = 825

|percentage = 0.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Party

|candidate = G Ravindranatha Reddy

|votes = 759

|percentage = 0.09

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = C Gopi Narasimha Reddy

|votes = 746

|percentage = 0.09

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)

|candidate = Chandipiralla Sivanatha Reddy

|votes = 731

|percentage = 0.09

|change = -0.02

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh

|candidate = O Subba Reddy

|votes = 649

|percentage = 0.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi

|candidate = Pechara Venkateshwar Rao

|votes = 617

|percentage = 0.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Praja Party

|candidate = N Bhaskara Reddy

|votes = 485

|percentage = 0.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 130,674

|percentage = 16.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 819,201

|percentage = 71.65

|change = +5.37

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1999=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 1999: Cuddapah{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/ |title=General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III) |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=31 December 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy

| votes = 3,67,833

| percentage = 50.89

| change = +0.20

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Kandula Rajamohan Reddy

| votes = 3,41,236

| percentage = 47.21

| change = +2.81

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Siva Sankara Reddy Devireddy

|party = Independent (politician)

|votes = 5,177

|percentage =0.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 26,597

| percentage = 3.68

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 7,22,854

| percentage = 66.28

| change = -0.47

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1998=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 1998: Cuddapah}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy

| votes = 374,762

| percentage = 50.69

| change = +1.94

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kandula Rajamohan Reddy|votes=320,881|percentage=43.40|change=-4.63}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Nagendra Prasad Kadiri|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=28,349|percentage=3.83|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Lakkireddy Sudhakara Reddy|party=Independent (politician)|votes=9,212|percentage=1.25|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gopal Reddy Gurijala|party=Independent (politician)|votes=1,340|percentage=0.18|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=53,881|percentage=7.29|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=739,280|percentage=66.75|change=+1.16}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1996=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 1996: Cuddapah}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy

| votes = 368,611

| percentage = 48.75

| change = -26.54

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Kandula Rajamohan Reddy

| votes = 363,166

| percentage = 48.03

| change = +26.85

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 5,435

| percentage = 0.72

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 756,079

| percentage = 65.59

| change = -2.53

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1991=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 1991: Cuddapah}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy

| votes = 583,953

| percentage = 75.29

| change = +15.13

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = C. Ramachandraiah

| votes = 165,028

| percentage = 21.28

| change = -17.90

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Gouru Pulla Reddy

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 16,785

|percentage = 2.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 418,925

| percentage = 54.01

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 775,576

| percentage = 68.12

| change = -2.23

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1989=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 1989: Cuddapah}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

| votes = 480,524

| percentage = 60.16

| change = +16.55

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = M. V. Ramana Reddy

| votes = 313,772

| percentage = 39.28

| change = -12.83

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 166,752

| percentage = 20.89

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 798,740

| percentage = 70.35

| change = -1.37

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser = Telugu Desam Party

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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