Nellore 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 = Nellore

| 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/Nellore.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Nellore Lok Sabha constituency

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| established = 1952

| assembly_cons = Kandukur
Kavali
Atmakur
Kovuru
Nellore City
Nellore Rural
Udayagiri

| electors = 16,79,359

| latest_election_year = 2024

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image =

| SuccessfulParty =

| mp = Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy

| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}

| FormerMP =

}}

Nellore 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 Nellore 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

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, it comprises the following Andhra Pradesh 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"

!width="10px" style="font-size:75%"|#

!Name

!District

!Members

! colspan="2" |Party

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

109

|Kandukur

|rowspan="7" |Nellore

|Inturi Nageswara Rao

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

114

|Kavali

|Dagumati Venkata Krishna Reddy

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

115

|Atmakur

|Anam Ramanarayana Reddy

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

116

|Kovuru

|Vemireddy Prashanti Reddy

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

117

|Nellore City

|Ponguru Narayana

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

118

|Nellore Rural

|Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

123

|Udayagiri

|Kakarla Suresh

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

|TDP

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

|TDP

Following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, from 1976-2008, it comprises the following Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly segments

class="wikitable" width="500px"

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

!width="200px"|Name

!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for (SC/ST/None)

!District

126

|Allur

|None

|Nellore

127

|Kovur

|None

|Nellore

128

|Atmakur

|None

|Nellore

129

|Rapur

|None

|Nellore

130

|Nellore

|None

|Nellore

131

|Sarvepall

|None

|Nellore

132

|Gudur

|SC

|Nellore

Members of Parliament

^ indicates bye-election

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Bezawada Ramachandra Reddy

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

1957

|rowspan= 3 |B. Anjanappa

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=12}}

1962
1967
1971

|rowspan = 3|Doddavarapu Kamakshiah

1977
1980
1983

|rowspan = 3 | Puchalapalli Penchalaiah

1984
1989
1991

|Padmashree Kudumula

1996

|rowspan= 2 |Panabaka Lakshmi

1998
1999

|Vukkala Rajeswaramma

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

2004

|Panabaka Lakshmi

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

2009

|rowspan = 3|Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

2012^

|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=3}}

2014
2019

|Adala Prabhakara Reddy

2024

|Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy

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

Election results

=General Election 1989=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Puchalapalli Penchalaiah

| votes = 377,602

| percentage = 52.83

| change = +8.52

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = M. Nagabhushanamma

| votes = 305,763

| percentage = 42.78

| change = -11.31

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 71,839

| percentage = 10.05

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 714,775

| percentage = 67.15

| change = +3.34

}}

{{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=General Election, 1991: Nellore}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Padmashree Kudumula

| votes = 268,626

| percentage = 45.68

| change = -7.15

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = M. Nagabhushanamma

| votes = 223,769

| percentage = 38.05

| change = -4.73

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| candidate = Gaddam Laxmi Narayana

| votes = 85,306

| percentage = 14.51

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 44,857

| percentage = 7.63

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 588,098

| percentage = 55.10

| change = -12.05

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 1996=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Panabaka Lakshmi

| votes = 269,498

| percentage = 39.62

| change = -6.06

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| candidate = T P Bhanu Raju

| votes = 201,313

| percentage = 29.59

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)

| candidate = Pasam Suneel Kumar

| votes = 103,947

| percentage = 15.28

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| candidate = Gaddam Laxmi Narayana

| votes = 83,585

| percentage = 12.29

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 68,185

| percentage = 10.03

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 680,230

| percentage = 57.51

| change = +2.41

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 1998=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Panabaka Lakshmi

| votes = 296,731

| percentage = 40.06

| change = +0.44

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| candidate = Buduru Swarnalatha

| votes = 250,204

| percentage = 33.78

| change = +4.19

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| candidate = Karupothala Balakondaiah

| votes = 175,074

| percentage = 23.63

| change = +11.35

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 46,527

| percentage = 6.28

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 740,792

| percentage = 63.52

| change = +6.01

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 1999=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Vukkala Rajeswaramma

| votes = 381,166

| percentage = 49.51

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Panabaka Lakshmi

| votes = 340,713

| percentage = 44.26

| change = +4.20

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 40,453

| percentage = 5.25

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 769,832

| percentage = 66.07

| change = +2.55

}}

{{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: Nellore}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Panabaka Lakshmi

| votes = 450,129

| percentage = 53.81

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| candidate = Balakondaiah Karupotala

| votes = 321,905

| percentage = 38.48

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 128,224

| percentage = 15.33

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 836,502

| percentage = 72.54

| change = +6.47

}}

{{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: Nellore}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

| votes = 430,235

| percentage = 42.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Vanteru Venu Gopala Reddy

| votes = 375,242

| percentage = 37.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Praja Rajyam Party

| candidate = Jana Ramachandraiah

| votes = 138,111

| percentage = 13.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| candidate = Bathina Narasimha Rao

| votes = 16,727

| percentage = 1.67

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Lok Satta Party

| candidate = Vemuri Bhaskara Rao

| votes = 10,751

| percentage = 1.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 54,993

| percentage = 5.49

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 1,002,419

| percentage = 69.09

| change = -3.45

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==By-Election 2012==

{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 2012: Nellore}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

| percentage = 54.60

| votes = 535,436

| change =

}}{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = T. Subbarami Reddy

|votes = 243,691

|percentage = 24.85

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Vanteru Venugopal Reddy

| votes = 154,103

| percentage = 15.71

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| candidate = Chandra Rajagopal

| votes = 17,952

| percentage = 1.83

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

| party = IND.

| candidate = Meda Malla Reddy

| votes = 6,876

| percentage = 0.70

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 291,745

| percentage = 29.75

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 980,970

| percentage = 72.56

| change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = YSR Congress Party

| loser = Indian National Congress

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Nellore[http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/nellore.html NELLORE LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

|votes = 576,396

|percentage = 48.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Adala Prabhakara Reddy

|votes = 562,918

|percentage = 47.40

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Narayana Reddy Vakati

|votes = 22,870

|percentage = 1.93

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jai Samaikyandhra Party

|candidate = Syed Haneef

|votes = 5,578

|percentage = 0.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 5,549

|percentage = 0.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 13,478

| percentage = 1.13

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 11,88,855

| percentage = 74.02

| change = +6.28

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = YSR Congress Party

| loser = Telugu Desam Party

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Nellore[http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/nellore.html NELLORE LOK SABHA (GENERAL) ELECTIONS RESULT]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Adala Prabhakara Reddy

|votes = 683,830

|percentage = 53.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Beeda Masthan Rao

|votes = 535,259

|percentage = 41.52

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Chandra Rajagopal

|votes = 18,830

|percentage = 1.46

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 17,161

|percentage = 1.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Sannapureddy Suresh Reddy

|votes = 12,513

|percentage = 0.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 148,571

| percentage = 11.54

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 12,87,036

| percentage = 76.94

| change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 16,72,845

|ref= }}

{{Election box hold 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: Nellore{{cite news |title=Lok Sabha 2024 Election results: Nellore |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0122.htm |access-date=25 January 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125142821/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0122.htm |archive-date=25 January 2025 |language=en}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| candidate = Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy

| votes = 7,66,202

| percentage = 55.70

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = YSR Congress Party

| candidate = V. Vijayasai Reddy

| votes = 5,20,300| percentage = 37.82

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Indian National Congress

| candidate = Koppula Raju

| votes = 54,844

| percentage = 3.99

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = NOTA

| candidate = None of the above

| votes = 15,577

| percentage = 1.13

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 2,45,902

| percentage = 17.88

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 13,78,697

| percentage = 80.49

| 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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