# Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency

Vijayawada 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 NTR district.
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## Assembly segments

Vijayawada constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2024) |
| 69 | Tiruvuru (SC) | NTR | Kolikapudi Srinivasa Rao | TDP | TDP |
| 79 | Vijayawada West | NTR | Sujana Chowdary | BJP | TDP |
| 80 | Vijayawada Central | NTR | Bonda Umamaheswara Rao | TDP | TDP |
| 81 | Vijayawada East | NTR | Gadde Rama Mohan | TDP | TDP |
| 82 | Mylavaram | NTR | Vasantha Krishna Prasad | TDP | TDP |
| 83 | Nandigama (SC) | NTR | Tangirala Sowmya | TDP | TDP |
| 84 | Jaggayyapeta | NTR | Rajagopal Sreeram | TDP | TDP |

## Members of parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Harindranath Chattopadhyaya | Independent |
| 1957 | Dr. Komarraju Atchamamba | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Godey Murahari | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Chennupati Vidya | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | Chennupati Vidya | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1996 | Parvathaneni Upendra | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Parvathaneni Upendra | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Gadde Rama Mohan | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | Rajagopal Lagadapati | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Rajagopal Lagadapati | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kesineni Srinivas | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Kesineni Srinivas | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2024 | Kesineni Sivanath | Telugu Desam Party |

## Election results
### General Election 1989

General Election, 1989: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Vidya Chennupati | 423,867 | 53.01 | +6.60 |
| | TDP | Vadde Sobhanadreeswarra Rao | 365,663 | 45.73 | −5.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58,204 | 6.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 799,626 | 72.29 | +0.09 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### General Election 1991

General Election, 1991: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Vadde Sobhanadreeswarra Rao | 326,890 | 48.89 | +3.16 |
| | INC | Vidya Chennupati | 290,669 | 43.47 | −9.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,211 | 5.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 668,647 | 60.53 | +0.09 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General Election 1996

General Election, 1996: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | P. Upendra | 397,709 | 45.16 | +1.69 |
| | TDP | Vadde Sobhanadreeswarra Rao | 283,435 | 32.18 | −16.71 |
| | NTRTDP(LP) | Rajasekhar Devineni | 169,199 | 19.21 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114,274 | 12.98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 880,741 | 65.19 | +4.66 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### General Election 1998

General Election, 1998: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | P. Upendra | 405,062 | 45.02 | −0.14 |
| | TDP | Jai Ramesh Dasari | 374,995 | 41.68 | +9.50 |
| | BJP | Vadde Ramakrishna Prasad | 104,630 | 11.63 | +10.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,067 | 3.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 899,683 | 66.88 | +1.69 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### General Election 1999

General Election, 1999: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Gadde Ramamohan | 482,968 | 51.96 | +10.28 |
| | INC | P. Upendra | 395,902 | 42.59 | −2.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87,096 | 9.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 929,476 | 67.14 | +0.26 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General Election 2004

General Election, 2004: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Rajagopal Lagadapati | 519,624 | 54.95 | +12.36 |
| | TDP | Aswani Dutt | 405,037 | 42.84 | −9.12 |
| | BSP | Nandeti Prabhakar Rao | 6,472 | 0.68 | |
| | Pyramid Party of India | Koneru Vara Lakshmi | 5,105 | 0.54 | +0.24 |
| | Independent | Someswara Rao Madala | 3,039 | 0.32 | |
| | Independent | Syed Moinuddin | 1,443 | 0.15 | |
| | TRS | J Ramchandra Rao | 1,268 | 0.13 | |
| | Independent | Ravi Kumar Domakonda | 1,005 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Jakka Taraka Mallikarjuna Rao | 637 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Apparao Damalapati | 549 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Gatla Venkata Narayana Reddy | 493 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Donepudi Srinivas | 482 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Gottumukkala Siva Prasadaraju | 396 | 0.04 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114,487 | 12.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 945,550 | 64.56 | −2.58 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | +12.36 | |

### General Election 2009

General Election, 2009: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Rajagopal Lagadapati | 429,394 | 39.46 | −15.49 |
| | TDP | Vamsi Mohan Vallabhaneni | 416,682 | 38.30 | −4.54 |
| | PRP | Rajiv Chanumolu | 164,666 | 15.13 | |
| | LSP | Devineni Kishore Kumar | 20,880 | 1.92 | |
| | BJP | Laka Vengala Rao | 15,951 | 1.47 | |
| | Independent | Boppa Venkateswara Rao | 6,978 | 0.64 | |
| | Independent | Bolisetty Haribabu | 5,608 | 0.52 | |
| | Independent | Veerla Sanjeeva Rao | 4,615 | 0.42 | |
| | BSP | Sistla Narasimha Murthy | 4,585 | 0.42 | −0.26 |
| | Pyramid Party of India | Raghava Rao Jakka | 3,227 | 0.30 | −0.24 |
| | Independent | Senapathi Chiranjeevi | 2,803 | 0.26 | |
| | Independent | Jakka Taraka Mallikharjuna Rao | 2,419 | 0.22 | +0.16 |
| | Independent | Appikatla Jawahar | 1,931 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Shaik Mastan | 1,884 | 0.17 | |
| | Independent | Deverasetty Ravindra Babu | 1,596 | 0.15 | |
| | Independent | Baipudi Nageswara Rao | 1,400 | 0.13 | |
| | Independent | Venkata Rao P. | 1,033 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Perupogu Venkateswara Rao | 927 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Krishna Murthy Sunkara | 868 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Devireddy Ravindranatha Reddy | 850 | 0.08 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,712 | 1.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,088,297 | 77.61 | +13.05 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### General Election 2014

General Election, 2014: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) | 592,696 | 49.59 | +11.30 |
| | YSRCP | Koneru Rajendra Prasad | 517,834 | 43.72 | +43.72 |
| | INC | Avinash Devineni | 39,751 | 3.33 | −36.13 |
| | AAP | Harmohinder Singh Sahni | 3,088 | 0.26 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 5,290 | 0.44 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74,862 | 6.26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,195,075 | 76.39 | −1.22 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) | 575,498 | 45.04 | −4.55 |
| | YSRCP | Prasad V Potluri | 566,772 | 44.36 | 0.64 |
| | JSP | Muthamsetti Sudhakar | 81,650 | 6.39 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,726 | 0.68% | −5.87% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,77,775 | 77.30 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,52,994 | | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### General Election 2024

General Election, 2024: Vijayawada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | TDP | Kesineni Sivanath | 794,154 | 58.21 |
| | YSRCP | Kesineni Srinivas | 5,12,069 | 37.53 |
| | INC | Valluru Bhargav | 24,106 | 1.77 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 9,193 | 0.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,82,085 | 20.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,64,405 | |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | |