# Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency

Kakinada 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 Kakinada district.

## Assembly segments

Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2024) |
| 35 | Tuni | Kakinada | Yanamala Divya | TDP | JSP |
| 36 | Prathipadu | Kakinada | Varupula Satya Prabha | TDP | JSP |
| 37 | Pithapuram | Kakinada | Pawan Kalyan | JSP | JSP |
| 38 | Kakinada Rural | Kakinada | Pantham Venkateswara Rao | JSP | JSP |
| 39 | Peddapuram | Kakinada | Nimmakayala Chinarajappa | TDP | JSP |
| 41 | Kakinada City | Kakinada | Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao | TDP | JSP |
| 52 | Jaggampeta | Kakinada | Jyothula Nehru | TDP | JSP |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Mosaliganti Thirumala Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Mosaliganti Thirumala Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Mosaliganti Thirumala Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | M. S. Sanjeevi Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | M. S. Sanjeevi Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | M. S. Sanjeevi Rao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Thota Gopala Krishna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1989 | M. M. Pallam Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Thota Subba Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1996 | Thota Gopala Krishna | Telugu Desam Party |
| 1998 | Krishnam Raju | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Mudragada Padmanabham | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2004 | M. M. Pallam Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | M. M. Pallam Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Thota Narasimham | Telugu Desam Party |
| 2019 | Vanga Geetha | YSR Congress Party |
| 2024 | Tangella Uday Srinivas | Janasena Party |

## Election results
### General Election 1989

General Election, 1989: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju | 383,681 | 54.45 | +16.83 |
| | TDP | Thota Gopala Krishna | 300,698 | 42.67 | −17.71 |
| | Independent | Thota Rakanja Neyulu | 11,739 | 1.67 | |
| | BSP | Sundaraiah | 8,536 | 1.21 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 82,983 | 11.78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 704,654 | 71.96 | +1.14 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### General Election 1991

General Election, 1991: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Thota Subbarao | 287,357 | 48.85 | +6.18 |
| | INC | Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju | 252,040 | 42.85 | −11.60 |
| | BJP | Rao Venkata Maheepati Rama Ratna Rao | 20,894 | 3.55 | |
| | Independent | Thota Ramanjaneyulu | 7,287 | 1.24 | |
| | BSP | Chokka Tatarao | 6,776 | 1.15 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,317 | 6.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 588,237 | 59.92 | −12.04 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General Election 1996

General Election, 1996: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Thota Gopala Krishna | 308,480 | 42.37 | −6.48 |
| | INC | Thota Subba Rao | 269,981 | 37.09 | −5.76 |
| | NTRTDP(LP) | Chikkala Ramachandra Rao | 122,149 | 16.78 | |
| | BJP | B. S. R. Krishna | 12,751 | 1.75 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,499 | 5.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 727,999 | 62.50 | +2.58 |
| | TDP hold | TDP hold | Swing | | |

### General Election 1998

General Election, 1998: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Krishnam Raju | 330,381 | 41.06 | +39.31 |
| | TDP | Thota Gopala Krishna | 262,582 | 32.63 | −9.74 |
| | INC | Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju | 193,178 | 24.01 | −13.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67,799 | 8.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 804,652 | 69.39 | +6.89 |
| | BJP gain from TDP | BJP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### General Election 1999

General Election, 1999: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Mudragada Padmanabham | 435,811 | 53.64 | +21.01 |
| | INC | Thota Subbarao | 314,376 | 38.69 | +6.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 121,435 | 14.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 812,541 | 69.33 | −0.06 |
| | TDP gain from BJP | TDP gain from BJP | Swing | +9.69 | |

### General Election 2004

General Election, 2004: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju | 410,982 | 49.38 | +10.69 |
| | TDP | Mudragada Padmanabham | 353,730 | 42.50 | −11.14 |
| | Independent | Chandravathi Dwarampudi | 30,153 | 3.62 | |
| | BSP | Apparao Puagala | 16,373 | 1.97 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Nainalasetti Murthy | 9,458 | 1.13 | +0.04 |
| | Independent | Puvvala Ananda Rao | 8,544 | 1.03 | |
| | Independent | Chaganti Suryanarayana Murthy | 3,044 | 0.37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57,252 | 6.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 832,284 | 71.44 | +2.11 |
| | INC gain from TDP | INC gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### General Election 2009

General Election, 2009: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju | 323,607 | 33.51 | −15.87 |
| | PRP | Chalamalasetty Sunil | 289,563 | 29.99 | |
| | TDP | Vasamsetty Satya | 258,046 | 26.72 | −15.78 |
| | BJP | Bikkina Visweswara Rao | 14,861 | 1.17 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,044 | 3.52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 965,570 | 76.32 | +4.88 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### General Election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TDP | Thota Narasimham | 514,402 | 46.76 | |
| | YSRCP | Chalamalasetti Sunil | 510,971 | 46.45 | |
| | INC | Mallipudi Mangapathi Pallam Raju | 19,754 | 1.80 | |
| | RPI (K) | Motha Sarada | 6,836 | 0.62 | |
| | IND. | Jalluri Venkateswarlu | 6,636 | 0.60 | |
| | JSP | Tummalapalli Satya Ramakrishna | 6,442 | 0.59 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 4,358 | 0.40 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,431 | 0.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,01,730 | 77.68 | +1.36 |
| | TDP gain from INC | TDP gain from INC | Swing | +25.88 | |

### General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | YSRCP | Vanga Geetha Viswanadh | 537,630 | 43.47 | 2.98 |
| | TDP | Chalamalasetti Sunil | 511,892 | 41.38 | 5.38 |
| | JSP | Jyothula Venkateswara Rao | 132,648 | 10.72 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 17,153 | 1.39 | |
| | BJP | Yalla Venkata Rama Mohan Rao | 9,596 | 0.78 | |
| | INC | Mallipudi Sri Ramachandra Murthy | 8,640 | 0.70 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,738 | 2.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,36,814 | 79.08 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,63,930 | | |
| | YSRCP gain from TDP | YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | | |

### General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kakinada :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JSP | Uday Srinivas Tangella | 729,669 | 54.87 | 44.15 |
| | YSRCP | Chalamalasetty Sunil | 5,00,208 | 37.62 | 5.85 |
| | INC | M. M. Pallam Raju | 21,109 | 1.59 | 0.79 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 17,220 | 1.29 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,29,491 | 17.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,29,803 | 80.30 | 1.22 |
| | JSP gain from YSRCP | JSP gain from YSRCP | Swing | | |