Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency

{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Machilipatnam

|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/Machilipatnam.map}}

|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency

| state =Andhra Pradesh

| UnionTerritory =

| established =1952

| assembly_cons = Gannavaram
Gudivada
Pedana
Machilipatnam
Avanigadda
Pamarru
Penamaluru

| electors =13,69,311

| latest_election_year = 2024

| reservation = None

| SuccessfulParty =

| mp =

Vallabhaneni Balashowry

| party = {{Party index link|Janasena Party}}

| FormerMP =

}}

Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |website=Election Commission of India |date=26 November 2008 |accessdate= 12 February 2021}} It comprises seven assembly segments it belongs to Krishna district and NTR 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

Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative 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|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=31}}

class="wikitable sortable" width="500px"

!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|#

!width="200px"|Name

!District

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

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

71

|Gannavaram

|Krishna(partial),
N.T.R(partial)

|Yarlagadda Venkata Rao

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

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

72

|Gudivada

| rowspan="6" |Krishna

|Venigandla Ramu

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

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

74

|Pedana

|Kagitha Krishna Prasad

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

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

75

|Machilipatnam

|Kollu Ravindra

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

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

76

|Avanigadda

|Mandali Buddha Prasad

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

77

|Pamarru(SC)

|Varla Kumar Raja

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

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

78

|Penamaluru

|Bode Prasad

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

|TDP

|{{Party color cell|Janasena Party}}

|JSP

Source: Assembly segments of Parliamentary constituencies

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Member

! colspan =2|Party

1952

|Sanaka Buchhikotaiah

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

1957

|Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao

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

1962

|Mandala Venkata Swamy Naidu

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1967

|Y. Ankineedu Prasad

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}

1971

|Nageswararao Meduri

1977

|rowspan="2" |Maganti Ankineedu

1980
1984

|rowspan="2" |Kavuri Samba Siva Rao

1989
1991

|Kolusu Peda Reddaiah

|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}

1996

|Kaikala Satyanarayana

1998

|Kavuri Samba Siva Rao

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

1999

|Ambati Brahmanaiah

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

2004

|Badiga Ramakrishna

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

2009

|rowspan="2" |Konakalla Narayana Rao

|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}

2014
2019

|rowspan=2| Vallabhaneni Balashowry

|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}

2024

|{{Full party name with color|Janasena Party}}

Election results

=General Election 1989=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Kavuri Samba Siva Rao

| votes = 354,533

| percentage = 52.06

| change = +2.22

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Bopanna Gangadhara Chaudury

| votes = 311,044

| percentage = 45.67

| change = -2.50

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 43,489

| percentage = 6.39

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 680,994

| percentage = 76.99

| change = +1.20

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 1991=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Kolusu Peda Reddaiah Yadav

| votes = 298,348

| percentage = 49.02

| change = +3.35

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Kavuri Samba Siva Rao

| votes = 271,026

| percentage = 44.53

| change = -7.53

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 27,322

| percentage = 4.49

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 608,592

| percentage = 76.99

| change = -7.99

}}

{{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=General Election, 1996: Machilipatnam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kaikala Satyanarayana|votes=275,713|percentage=39.57|change=-9.45}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kolusu Peda Reddaiah Yadav|votes=194,206|percentage=27.87|change=-16.66}}

{{Election box majority|votes=81,507|percentage=11.70|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=696,785|percentage=69.50|change=+2.54}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Telugu Desam Party

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 1998=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kavuri Samba Siva Rao|votes=355,030|percentage=51.28|change=+23.41}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Kaikala Satyanarayana|votes=273,938|percentage=39.57|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=81,092|percentage=11.71|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=692,370|percentage=69.69|change=+0.19}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser = Telugu Desam Party

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 1999=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 1999: Machilipatnam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Ambati Brahmanaiah

| votes = 387,533

| percentage = 54.44

| change = +14.87

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Kavuri Samba Siva Rao

| votes = 304,537

| percentage = 42.78

| change = -8.50

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 82,096

| percentage = 11.66

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 711,867

| percentage = 70.73

| change = +1.04

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Telugu Desam Party

| loser = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2004=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 2004: Machilipatnam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Badiga Ramakrishna|votes=387,127|percentage=51.25|change=+8.47}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Ambati Brahmanaiah|votes=336,786|percentage=44.59|change=-9.85}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Subrahmanyeswara Yenduri Rao (Mani)|votes=18,477|percentage=2.45|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pyramid Party of India|candidate=Adapala Sivannarayana|votes=6,201|percentage=0.82|change=-0.26}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Dodda Kameswara Rao|votes=4,297|percentage=0.57|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telangana Rashtra Samithi|candidate=B S Rao|votes=2,426|percentage=0.32|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=50,341|percentage=6.66|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=755,314|percentage=76.06|change=+5.33}}

{{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=General Election, 2009: Machilipatnam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Konakalla Narayana Rao

| votes = 409,936

| percentage = 39.19

| change = -5.40

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Badiga Ramakrishna

| votes = 397,480

| percentage = 38.00

| change = -13.25

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Praja Rajyam Party

| candidate = C. Ramachandraiah

| votes = 186,921

| percentage = 17.87

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 12,456

| percentage = 1.19

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 1,045,905

| percentage = 83.60

| change = +7.54

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Telugu Desam Party

| loser = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Machilipatnam{{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=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Konakalla Narayana Rao|votes=587,280|percentage=51.47|change=+12.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Kolusu Parthasarathy|votes=506,223|percentage=44.36|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sistla Ramesh|votes=14,111|percentage=1.24|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=8,171|percentage=0.72|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jai Samaikyandhra Party|candidate=Kammili Srinivas|votes=7,692|percentage=0.67|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=81,057|percentage=7.11|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,141,065|percentage=83.33|change=-0.27}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Telugu Desam Party

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Machilipatnam{{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=Vallabhaneni Balashowry|votes=571,436|percentage=46.02|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Konakalla Narayana Rao|votes=511,295|percentage=41.18|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Bandreddy Ramu|votes=113,292|percentage=9.12|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=14,077|percentage=1.13|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Gollu Krishna|votes=12,284|percentage=0.99|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=60,141|percentage=4.84|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,245,552|percentage=84.54|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,473,347

|ref= }}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = YSR Congress Party

| loser = Telugu Desam Party

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Machilipatnam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Janasena Party|candidate=Vallabhaneni Balashowry|votes=724,439|percentage=55.22|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Simhadri Chandra Sekhar Rao|votes=5,01,260|percentage=38.21|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Gollu Krishna|votes=31,825|percentage=2.43|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=12,126|percentage=0.92|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=2,23,179|percentage=17.01|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=13,15,489|percentage=85.42|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Janasena Party

| loser = YSR Congress Party

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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