1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
← 1989 May–June 1991 1996 →
42 seats
	Andhra Pradesh
Prime Minister before election; Chandra Sekhar; SJP(R)	Prime Minister after election ; P. V. Narasimha Rao; INC

The 1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 25 out of 42 seats.^[1]

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	Leader	Seats contested
Telugu Desam Party	N. T. Rama Rao	35
Janata Dal	V. P. Singh	2
Communist Party of India	Chandra Rajeswara Rao	2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	2
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha	Kishore Chandra Deo	1
Total		42

Party		Flag	Symbol	Seats contested
	Other Parties			80
	Independents			403

Constituency		INC			TDP+			BJP
#	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
1	Srikakulam		INC	Kanithi Viswanatham		TDP	Appayyadora Hanumanthli		BJP	Attada Appalanaidu
2	Parvathipuram (ST)		INC	Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju		IC(S)	Kishore Chandra Deo		Did not contest
3	Bobbili		INC	Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju		TDP	Kemburi Ramamohan Rao		BJP	Paka Raja Rao
4	Visakhapatnam		INC	Uma Gajapathi Raju		TDP	M. V. V. S. Murthi		BJP	P. V. Chalapathi Rao
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)		INC	Kamala Kumari Karredula		CPI	Sode Ramaiah		BJP	Gorle Dhanunjaya Raju
6	Anakapalli		INC	Konathala Ramakrishna		TDP	Pethakamsetti Appala Narasimham		BJP	Veesam Sanyasinaidu
7	Kakinada		INC	M. M. Pallam Raju		TDP	Thota Subbarao		BJP	Rao Venkata Maheepati Rama Ratna Rao
8	Rajahmundry		INC	Jamuna		TDP	K. V. R. Chowdary		BJP	Kantipudi Sarvarayudu
9	Amalapuram (SC)		INC	Kusuma Murthy		TDP	G. M. C. Balayogi		BJP	Janga Ramadasu
10	Narasapur		INC	Krishnam Raju		TDP	Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju		BJP	Kurella Rangayya Naidu (Chiranjeevi)
11	Eluru		INC	Ghattamaneni Krishna		TDP	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah		BJP	Narsimha Rao Korada
12	Machilipatnam		INC	Kavuri Samba Siva Rao		TDP	Kolusu Peda Reddaiah		BJP	Kollipara Dhana Lakshmi
13	Vijayawada		INC	Chennupati Vidya		TDP	Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao		BJP	Velagapudi Siva Prasad
14	Tenali		INC	Basavapunnaiah Singam		TDP	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		BJP	Alla Nauroji Reddy
15	Guntur		INC	N. G. Ranga		TDP	S. M. Laljan Basha		BJP	Hanumantha Rao Muddana
16	Bapatla		INC	Salagala Benjamin		TDP	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao		BJP	Chandra Sekhara Rao Nasana
17	Narasaraopet		INC	Kasu Krishna Reddy		TDP	Anisetty Padmavathi		BJP	Gutha Subbarao
18	Ongole		INC	Magunta Subbarama Reddy		TDP	Dega Narasimha Reddy		BJP	Bathina Narasima Rao
19	Nellore (SC)		INC	Padmashree Kudumula		TDP	M. Nagabhushanamma		BJP	Gaddam Laxmi Narayana
20	Tirupathi (SC)		INC	Chinta Mohan		TDP	P. Subbaiah		BJP	P. Jayamma
21	Chittoor		INC	M. Gnanendra Reddy		TDP	Gurram V. Sreenatha Reddy		BJP	N. P. Jhansi Lakshmi
22	Rajampet		INC	Annayyagari Sai Prathap		TDP	Sugavasi Palakondrayudu		BJP	Challapalli Narasimha Reddy
23	Cuddapah		INC	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy		TDP	C. Ramachandraiah		BJP	Gouru Pulla Reddy
24	Hindupur		INC	S. Gangadhar		TDP	K. Ramachandra Reddy		BJP	Seelam Krishna Reddy
25	Anantapur		INC	Anantha Venkatarami Reddy		TDP	B. T. L. N. Chowdary		BJP	Venkataswamy Muthuluru
26	Kurnool		INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		TDP	S. V. Subba Reddy		BJP	Kurnool Kapileswaraiah
27	Nandyal		INC	G. Prathap Reddy		TDP	Challa Rama Krishna Reddy		BJP	S. P. Y. Reddy
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)		INC	Mallu Ravi		TDP	P. Mahendranath		BJP	K. Laxman
29	Mahabubnagar		INC	Mallikarjun Goud		TDP	Dyapa Gopal Reddy		BJP	Subba Reddy
30	Hyderabad		INC	M. Shivashankar		TDP	P. Indra Reddy		BJP	Baddam Bal Reddy
31	Secunderabad		INC	T. Manemma		JD	K. Pratap Reddy		BJP	Bandaru Dattatreya
32	Siddipet (SC)		INC	Nandi Yellaiah		TDP	G. Vijaya Rama Rao		BJP	Balaram Puli
33	Medak		INC	Mogaligundla Baga Reddy		TDP	D. Rama Krishna		BJP	Allani Kishan Rao
34	Nizamabad		INC	Tadur Bala Goud		TDP	Gaddam Ganga Reddy		BJP	Loka Bhupathi Reddy
35	Adilabad		INC	P. Narsa Reddy		TDP	Allola Indrakaran Reddy		BJP	Thumala Narayana Reddy
36	Peddapalli (SC)		INC	Gaddam Venkatswamy		TDP	Suddala Devaiah		BJP	Chintha Samba Murthy
37	Karimnagar		INC	J. Chokka Rao		JD	Garikapati Mohan Rao		BJP	Edavalli Jagga Reddy
38	Hanamkonda		INC	Kamaluddin Ahmed		TDP	Vanga Sundershan Reddy		BJP	Chandupatla Janga Reddy
39	Warangal		INC	Surendra Reddy		TDP	Nemarugommula Yethiraja Rao		BJP	Kola Janardhan
40	Khammam		INC	P. V. Rangayya Naidu		CPI(M)	Tammineni Veerabhadram		BJP	Ali Khadar Sayyad
41	Nalgonda		INC	Chakilam Srinivasa Rao		CPI	Dharma Bhiksham		BJP	N. Indrasena Reddy
42	Miryalguda		INC	Baddam Narsimha Reddy		CPI(M)	Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy		BJP	Oruganti Ramulu

Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin	%
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin	%
1	Srikakulam	Kanithi Viswanatham		INC	235,641	42.60	Appayyadora Hanumanthli		TDP	208,977	37.78	26,664	4.82
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju		INC	279,415	53.01	Kishore Chandra Deo		IC(S)	229,903	43.61	49,512	9.40
3	Bobbili	Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju		INC	280,335	49.59	Kemburi Ramamohan Rao		TDP	252,211	44.62	28,124	4.97
4	Visakhapatnam	M. V. V. S. Murthi		TDP	289,793	45.82	Uma Gajapathi Raju		INC	284,655	45.00	5,138	0.82
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	Kamala Kumari Karredula		INC	238,956	48.23	Sode Ramaiah		CPI	194,785	39.31	44,171	8.92
6	Anakapalli	Konathala Ramakrishna		INC	261,311	44.67	Pethakamsetti Appala Narasimham		TDP	250,153	42.76	11,158	1.91
7	Kakinada	Thota Subbarao		TDP	287,357	48.85	M. M. Pallam Raju		INC	252,040	42.85	35,317	6.00
8	Rajahmundry	K. V. R. Chowdary		TDP	315,556	51.54	Jamuna		INC	253,547	41.41	62,009	10.13
9	Amalapuram (SC)	G. M. C. Balayogi		TDP	273,490	53.19	Kusuma Murthy		INC	186,003	36.18	87,487	17.01
10	Narasapur	Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju		TDP	317,703	51.93	Krishnam Raju		INC	259,154	42.36	58,549	9.57
11	Eluru	Bolla Bulli Ramaiah		TDP	360,312	52.45	Krishna		INC	312,657	45.51	47,655	6.94
12	Machilipatnam	Kolusu Peda Reddaiah		TDP	298,348	49.02	Sambasiva Rao Kavuri		INC	271,026	44.53	27,322	4.49
13	Vijayawada	Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao		TDP	326,890	48.89	Chennupati Vidya		INC	290,669	43.47	36,221	5.42
14	Tenali	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu		TDP	252,900	47.74	Basavapunnaiah Singam		INC	242,729	45.82	10,171	1.92
15	Guntur	S. M. Laljan Basha		TDP	307,073	47.55	N. G. Ranga		INC	292,329	45.27	14,744	2.28
16	Bapatla	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao		TDP	285,778	46.82	Salagala Benjamin		INC	284,681	46.64	1,097	0.18
17	Narasaraopet	Kasu Krishna Reddy		INC	349,041	52.14	Anisetty Padmavathi		TDP	286,425	42.79	62,616	9.35
18	Ongole	Magunta Subbarama Reddy		INC	329,913	49.67	Dega Narasimha Reddy		TDP	290,583	43.75	39,330	5.92
19	Nellore (SC)	Padmashree Kudumula		INC	268,626	45.68	M. Nagabhushanamma		TDP	223,769	38.05	44,857	7.63
20	Tirupathi (SC)	Chinta Mohan		INC	391,534	61.98	P. Subbaiah		TDP	205,345	32.51	186,189	29.47
21	Chittoor	M. Gnanendra Reddy		INC	373,631	56.02	Gurram V. Sreenatha Reddy		TDP	263,649	39.53	109,982	16.49
22	Rajampet	Annayyagari Sai Prathap		INC	325,107	57.94	Palakondrayudu Sugavasi		TDP	162,813	29.02	162,294	28.92
23	Cuddapah	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy		INC	583,953	75.29	C. Ramachandraiah		TDP	165,028	21.28	418,925	54.01
24	Hindupur	S. Gangadhar		INC	317,078	53.14	K. Ramachandra Reddy		TDP	217,965	36.53	99,113	16.61
25	Anantapur	Anantha Venkata Reddy		INC	362,676	59.14	B. T. L. N. Chowdary		TDP	200,392	32.67	162,284	26.47
26	Kurnool	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC	302,352	51.92	S. V. Subba Reddy		TDP	249,885	42.91	52,467	9.01
27	Nandyal	G. Prathap Reddy		INC	377,556	60.10	Challa Rama Krishna Reddy		TDP	190,790	30.37	186,766	29.73
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)	Mallu Ravi		INC	259,128	44.74	Mahendranath P.		TDP	208,888	36.06	50,240	8.68
29	Mahabubnagar	Mallikarjun Goud		INC	217,072	36.98	Dyapa Gopal Reddy		TDP	184,910	31.50	32,162	5.48
30	Hyderabad	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi		AIMIM	454,823	46.18	Baddam Bal Reddy		BJP	415,299	42.17	39,524	4.01
31	Secunderabad	Bandaru Dattatraya		BJP	253,924	48.19	T. Manemma Anjaiah		INC	168,861	32.05	85,063	16.14
32	Siddipet (SC)	Nandi Yellaiah		INC	300,629	48.60	G. Vijaya Rama Rao		TDP	185,367	29.96	115,262	18.64
33	Medak	Mogaligundla Baga Reddy		INC	313,740	50.67	D. Rama Krishna		TDP	173,590	28.04	140,150	22.63
34	Nizamabad	Gaddam Ganga Reddy		TDP	257,297	44.41	T. Aduri Bala Goud		INC	188,949	32.62	68,348	11.79
35	Adilabad	Allola Indrakaran Reddy		TDP	208,792	40.96	P. Narasa Reddy		INC	168,816	33.12	39,976	7.84
36	Peddapalli (SC)	Gaddam Venkatswamy		INC	251,019	49.92	Suddala Devaiah		TDP	141,054	28.05	109,965	21.87
37	Karimnagar	J. Chokka Rao		INC	223,914	43.42	N. V. Krishnaiah		IND	106,378	20.63	117,536	22.79
38	Hanamkonda	Kamaluddin Ahmed		INC	188,278	49.28	Vanga Sundershan Reddy		TDP	123,815	32.41	64,463	16.87
39	Warangal	Surendra Reddy		INC	258,733	44.92	Nemarugommula Yethiraja Rao		TDP	206,860	35.91	51,873	9.01
40	Khammam	P. V. Rangayya Naidu		INC	316,186	44.20	Tammineni Veerabhadram		CPI(M)	310,268	43.37	5,918	0.83
41	Nalgonda	Dharma Bhiksham		CPI	282,904	42.30	Chakilam Srinivasa Rao		INC	214,327	32.05	68,577	10.25
42	Miryalguda	Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy		CPI(M)	309,249	43.52	B. N. Reddy		INC	300,986	42.36	8,263	1.16

Constituency			Winner					Runner Up					Margin
No.	Name	Year	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
27	Nandyal	1991	P. V. Narasimha Rao		INC	626,241	89.48	Bangaru Laxman		BJP	45,944	6.56	580,297
27	Nandyal	1991	The 1991 Nandyal Lok Sabha by-election was held after the incumbent MP resigned to allow the Prime Minister-elect to contest the seat and subsequently assume office as Prime Minister.
26	Kurnool	1991	K. J. P. Reddy		INC	293,922		S.V.S. Reddy		TDP	274,276		19,646
26	Kurnool	1991	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy vacated the seat after his appointment as Chief Minister and his son became MP

1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

Parties and alliances

Indian National Congress

Telugu Desam Party led Alliance

Bharatiya Janata Party

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Other Parties and Independents

List of Candidates

List of MPs won

By-Elections Held

Voting and results

Results by Alliance

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh

See also

References

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Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
Alliance/ Party				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			1,16,10,772	45.55	5.46	42	25	14
	TDP+		TDP	82,23,274	32.26	2.19	35	13	11
			CPI(M)	6,19,517	2.43	0.03	2	1	1
			CPI	4,77,689	1.87	0.09	2	1	1
			JD	1,38,875	0.54	1.08	2	0
			ICS-SC	2,29,903	0.90	0.06	1	0
		Total		96,89,258	38.00		42	15
	BJP			24,54,665	9.63	7.66	41	1	1
	AIMIM			4,54,823	1.78	0.32	1	1
	Others			2,35,120	0.94		483	0
	IND			10,44,005	4.10	1.45	403	0
Total				2,54,88,643	100%	-	609	42	-

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To
1	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Nandyal (Lok Sabha By-election)	Prime Minister	Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions Science and Technology Atomic Energy Electronics Ocean Development Space All portfolios not allotted to other ministers	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	INC
2	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Kurnool (Lok Sabha)	Cabinet Minister	Law, Justice and Company Affairs	21 June 1991	9 October 1992
3	Gaddam Venkatswamy	Peddapalli (SC) (Lok Sabha)	Minister of State	Rural Development	21 June 1991	2 July 1992
			Minister of State	Rural Development	2 July 1992	18 January 1993
			MoS(I/C)	Textiles	18 January 1993	10 February 1995
			Cabinet Minister	Textiles	10 February 1995	15 September 1995
			Cabinet Minister	Labour	15 September 1995	16 May 1996
			Cabinet Minister	Textiles	20 February 1996	16 May 1996
4	Chinta Mohan	Tirupathi (SC) (Lok Sabha)	Minister of State	Chemicals and Fertilizers	26 June 1991	17 January 1993
5	Kamaluddin Ahmed	Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha)	Minister of State	Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Public Distribution	21 June 1991	29 September 1994
5	Kamaluddin Ahmed	Hanamkonda (Lok Sabha)	Minister of State	Commerce	19 January 1993	29 September 1994
6	P. V. Rangayya Naidu	Khammam (Lok Sabha)	Deputy Minister	Communications	21 June 1991	18 January 1993
			Minister of State	Power	18 January 1993	10 February 1995
			Minister of State	Water Resources	10 February 1995	16 May 1995
7	Mallikarjun Goud	Mahabubnagar (Lok Sabha)	Minister of State	Railways	21 June 1991	18 January 1993
				Defence	18 January 1993	19 January 1995
				Parliamentary Affairs	17 April 1994	16 May 1996
				Railways	21 August 1995	19 September 1995
				Defence	19 September 1995	16 May 1996
				Defence (Defence Research and Development)	30 September 1995	16 May 1996
8	R. K. Dhawan	Andhra Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	MoS(I/C)	Urban Affairs and Employment (Urban Development)	15 September 1995	21 February 1996