Anantapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Coordinates: 14°41′N 77°36′E / 14.68°N 77.6°E

Anantapur [ edit ]
Current MP	J. C. Diwakar Reddy
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Andhra Pradesh
Total Electors	1,536,894
Most Successful Party	INC (12 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Rayadurg Uravakonda (Assembly constituency) Guntakal Tadpatri Singanamala Anantapur Urban Kalyandurg (Assembly constituency)

Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: అనంతపురం లోకసభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.^[1]

Assembly segments

Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
267	Rayadurg	None
268	Uravakonda	None
269	Guntakal	None
270	Tadpatri	None
271	Singanamala	SC
272	Anantapur Urban	None
273	Kalyandurg	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Paidi Lakshmayya	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62	T. Nagi Reddy	Communist Party of India
Third	1962-67	Osman Ali Khan	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Ponnapati Antony Reddi	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-77	Ponnapati Antony Reddi	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Darur Pullaiah	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	Darur Pullaiah	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	Devineni Narayanaswami	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	Anantha Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	Anantha Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	Kalava Srinivasulu	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	J. C. Diwakar Reddy	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

General Elections 1989

General Election, 1989: Anatapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Anantha Venkata Reddy	349,685	53.85	+15.97
	TDP	G. Ramanna Chowdary	290,203	44.69	-14.45
Majority			59,482	9.16
Turnout			649,375	64.05	+0.01
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1991

General Election, 1991: Anatapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	362,676	59.14	+5.29
	TDP	B.T.L.N. Chowdary	200,392	32.67	-12.02
Majority			162,284	26.47
Turnout			613,298	60.36	-3.69
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1996

General Election, 1996: Anantapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	288,845	44.60	-14.54
	CPI	R.Rangappa	205,986	32.25
	NTRTDP(LP)	V Prabhakara Chowdary	94,485	14.79
Majority			82,859	12.35
Turnout			638,636	52.58	+7.78
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Anantapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	320,474	44.60	+3.05
	CPI	R.Ramakrishna	238,076	35.40	+3.15
	BJP	Veluri Kesava Chowdari	93,339	13.88
Majority			82,398	9.20
Turnout			672,528	55.44	+2.86
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Anantapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu	378,488	50.27	+14.87
	INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	357,386	47.47	+3.17
Majority			21,102	2.80
Turnout			752,838	61.39	+5.95
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Anantapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	458,925	52.44	+4.97
	TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu	385,521	44.05	-6.22
	BSP	Nagabhushanam Gaddala	9,296	1.06
	Independent	Yatham Pothalaiah	7,102	0.81
	Pyramid Party of India	K Venkatesulu	6,232	0.71	-6.56
	TRS	A Jagan Mohan Rao	4,419	0.50
	Independent	B S Amarnath	3,640	0.42
Majority			73,404	8.39
Turnout			875,135	68.42	+5.43
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Anantapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	457,876	45.78	-6.66
	TDP	Kalava Srinivasulu	379,955	37.99	-6.06
	PRP	G S Mansoor	102,047	37.99	10.20
	BJP	Ambati Rama Krishna Reddy	16,540	1.65
	Independent	J C Ramanujula Reddy	9,179	0.92
	Independent	K P Narayana Swamy	8,908	0.89
	LSP	Appala Amarnath	6,340	0.63
	BSP	Nagabhushanam Gaddala	5,921	0.59
	Independent	Devella Murali	4,781	0.48
	Independent	T Chandra Sekhar	3,346	0.33
	Pyramid Party of India	G Hari	3,232	0.32
	CPI(ML) Liberation	B S Amarnath	2,083	0.21
Majority			77,921	7.79
Turnout			1,000,208	70.86	+2.44
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Anantapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	TDP	J.C. Divakar Reddy	606,509	50.33	-6.06
	YSRCP	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy	545,240	45.25
	INC	Anil Chowdary.P	16,659	1.38
Majority			61,269	5.08
Turnout			1,205,054	78.41	+7.55
	TDP hold		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31.

See also

• Anantapur district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha