Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kadapa
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Badvel Kadapa Pulivendla Kamalapuram Jammalamadugu Proddatur Mydukur
Established	1951
Total electors	16,06,127
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Y. S. Avinash Reddy
Party	YSRCP
Alliance	None
Elected year	2024

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Cuddapah 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 YSR Kadapa district.^[1]

Assembly Segments

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
124	Badvel (SC)	YSR Kadapa	Dasari Sudha	YSRCP	YSRCP
126	Kadapa		Reddeppagari Madhavi Reddy	TDP	TDP
129	Pulivendla		Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	YSRCP	YSRCP
130	Kamalapuram		Putha Krishna Chaitanya Reddy	TDP	TDP
131	Jammalamadugu		Ch. Adinarayana Reddy	BJP
132	Proddatur		Nandyala Varada Rajulu Reddy	TDP
133	Mydukur		Putta Sudhakar Yadav	TDP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Y. Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
1957	V. Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
1962	Y. Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
1967
1971
1977	Kandula Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress
1980	Kandula Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	D. Narayana Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	Indian National Congress
1991
1996
1998
1999	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
2004	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
2009	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
2011^	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	YSR Congress Party
2014	Y. S. Avinash Reddy
2019
2024

^By Poll

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			45.78%
2019			63.79%
2014			55.97%
2011 (By-Poll)			67.15%
2009			52.87%
2004			56.33%
1999			50.89%
1998			50.69%
1996			48.75%
1991			75.29%
1989			60.16%
1984			52.11%
1980			50.88%
1977			48.84%
1971			60.26%
1967			49.25%
1962			44.02%
1957			51.58%
1952			35.47%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kadapa^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Avinash Reddy	605,143	45.78	18.01
	TDP	Ch. Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy	5,42,448	41.03	+8.24
	INC	Y. S. Sharmila	1,41,039	10.67	9.97
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,846	1.27	0.07
Majority			62,695	4.75	26.25
Total valid votes			13,21,975
Turnout			13,27,619	80.89
Registered electors			16,41,349
	YSRCP hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Constituency-wise Results 2024

No.^[4]	Constituency		Votes		Votes		Votes
124	Badvel (SC)	YSRCP	91,211	TDP	62,342	INC	10,552
126	Kadapa	TDP	66,090	YSRCP	62,015	INC	52,132
129	Pulivendula	YSRCP	1,08,134	TDP	47,757	INC	25,956
130	Kamalapuram	TDP	79,750	YSRCP	75,232	INC	12,080
131	Jammalamadugu	TDP	1,02,318	YSRCP	96,996	INC	6,079
132	Proddatur	TDP	90,964	YSRCP	83,233	INC	19,964
133	Mydukur	TDP	83,137	YSRCP	81,585	INC	9,632
Postal Ballot Papers		TDP	10,090	YSRCP	6,737	INC	4,644

2019

2019 Indian general election: Kadapa^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Avinash Reddy	783,499	63.79
	TDP	Ch. Adinarayana Reddy	402,773	32.79
	NOTA	None of the above	14,692	1.20
	INC	Gundlakunta Sreeramulu	8,341	0.68
	CPI	Gujjula Eswaraiah	6,242	0.51
	BJP	Sri Rama Chandra Singareddy	4,085	0.33
	IND	5 Independent Candidates	5,085	0.41
	OTH	5 Other Party Candidates	3,525	0.29
Majority			380,726	31.00
Turnout			1,228,242	78.22
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Kadapa^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Avinash Reddy	671,983	55.97
	TDP	Srinivasa Reddy Reddeppagari	481,660	40.12
	INC	Ajaya Kumar Veena	14,319	1.19
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,058	0.50
	IND	Poreddy Prabhakara Reddy	1,217	0.10
	OTH	10 Other Party Candidates	25,425	2.12
Majority			190,323	15.85
Turnout			1,200,662	77.45
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2011 by-election

By-election: Kadapa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	692,251	67.15
	INC	D. L. Ravindra Reddy	146,579	14.22
	TDP	M. V. Mysura Reddy	129,565	12.57
	IND	34 Independent Candidates	46,640	4.52
	OTH	5 Other Party Candidates	15,938	1.55
Majority			545,672	52.93
Turnout			1,030,978	77.54
	Swing to YSRCP from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Kadapa^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	542,611	52.87
	TDP	Palem Srikanth Reddy	363,765	35.44
	PRP	Dr. Khaleel Basha	63,309	6.17
	BSP	Jambapuram Muni Reddy	10,761	1.05
	BJP	Vangala Shashi Bhushan Reddy	7,171	0.70
	IND	7 Independent Candidates	22,033	2.15
	OTH	8 Other Party Candidates	16,635	1.62
Majority			178,846	17.43
Turnout			1,026,285	76.15
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Cuddapah^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy	461,431	56.33
	TDP	M. V. Mysura Reddy	329,757	40.25
	IND	4 Independent Candidates	16,043	1.96
	OTH	9 Other Party Candidates	11,970	1.46
Majority			131,674	16.08
Turnout			819,201	71.65
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Cuddapah^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy	367,833	50.89
	TDP	Kandula Rajamohan Reddy	341,236	47.21
	NCP	Nandyala Raghava Reddy	961	0.13
	NTRTDP(LP)	Adinarayana Reddy Chadipirala	823	0.11
	IND	7 Independent Candidates	12,001	1.67
Majority			26,597	3.68
Turnout			739,109	67.77
	INC hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	374,762	50.69
	TDP	Kandula Rajamohana Reddy	320,881	43.40
	BJP	Nagendra Prasad Kadiri	28,349	3.83
	IND	10 Independent Candidates	13,798	1.86
	OTH	2 Other Party Candidates	1,490	0.20
Majority			53,881	7.29
Turnout			750,722	67.79
	INC hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	368,611	48.75
	TDP	Kandula Raja Mohana Reddy	363,166	48.03
	NTRTDP(LP)	Ahmed Hussain	6,328	0.84
	BJP	M. Lakshmi Narasaiah	4,783	0.63
	JP	Adi Narayana Reddy Chadipiralla	1,493	0.20
	IND	24 Independent Candidates	11,698	1.57
Majority			5,445	0.72
Turnout			767,958	66.62
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	583,953	75.29
	TDP	C. Ramachandraiah	165,028	21.28
	BJP	Gouru Pulla Reddy	16,785	2.16
	IND	29 Independent Candidates	9,810	1.26
Majority			418,925	54.01
Turnout			782,760	68.75
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	480,524	60.16
	TDP	M. V. Ramana Reddy	313,772	39.28
	IND	Chimikala Rama Krishna Reddy	2,263	0.28
	IND	Lomada Vasudeva Reddy	2,181	0.27
Majority			166,752	20.88
Turnout			819,354	72.17
	Swing to INC from TDP		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	TDP	D. N. Reddy	332,915	52.11
	INC	Obula Reddy Kandula	278,607	43.61
	IND	12 Independent Candidates	27,344	4.29
Majority			54,308	8.50
Turnout			649,290	72.89
	Swing to TDP from INC(I)		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	K. Obul Reddy	256,204	50.88
	JP	P. V. S. Murthy	205,658	40.85
	JP(S)	P. Raghunatha Reddy	25,415	5.05
	IND	Matcha Chinna Narayana	6,020	1.20
	IND	Nadendla Baba Saheb	4,269	0.85
	IND	Chidella Krishnaiah	3,965	0.79
	IND	M. Venkataramana	1,966	0.39
Majority			50,546	10.03
Turnout			512,879	66.21
	Swing to INC(I) from INC		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kandala Obul Reddy	232,351	48.84
	JP	Vutukuru Rami Reddy	224,789	47.25
	CPI	Y. Eswara Reddy	15,794	3.32
	IND	Polanki Venkata Subbaiah	2,827	0.59
Majority			7,562	1.59
Turnout			487,025	69.70
	Swing to INC from CPI		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Y. Eswara Reddy	200,713	60.26
	INC(O)	Vutukuru Rami Reddy	107,099	32.16
	MLP^[a]	Balireddy Lingala	17,353	5.21
	IND	G. Rama Sastry	2,168	0.65
	IND	Mahammad Baig	2,085	0.63
	IND	Thirumalla Kodandaramaiah	1,916	0.58
	IND	Poondla Ananda Samuel	1,734	0.52
Majority			93,614	28.10
Turnout			339,165	58.78
	CPI hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Y. E. Reddy	191,736	49.25
	INC	K. Ramasubbamma	154,017	39.56
	IND	P. Ramireddy	43,549	11.19
Majority			37,719	9.69
Turnout			402,943	76.44
	CPI hold		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Yeddula Eswara Reddy	158,877	44.02
	INC	Vuntukuru Rami Reddy	138,010	38.23
	SWA	Naru Ranga Reddy	48,325	13.39
	IND	Syed Abdu Sattar	15,743	4.36
Majority			20,867	5.79
Turnout			371,945	74.81
	Swing to CPI from INC		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V. Rami Reddy	101,909	51.58
	CPI	Yeddula Eswara Reddy	95,653	48.42
Majority			6,256	3.16
Turnout			197,562	43.32
	Swing to INC from CPI		Swing

1952

1952 Indian general election: Cuddapah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Eswara Reddi Yeddula	85,125	35.47
	INC	P. Basi Reddy	66,658	27.78
	KMPP	Ramasastri Bhaskara	29,833	12.43
	IND	Raja Sekhara Reddy	21,883	9.12
	IND	Chinna Subhaiah Nanu Bala	17,640	7.35
	IND	R. V. S. Sriramulu	10,165	4.24
	IND	S. Sanjeeva Reddi	8,678	3.62
Majority			18,467	7.70
Turnout			239,982	65.20
	CPI win (new seat)

Notes

Minorities Labour Party

References

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"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31.
The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Y.S. Avinash Reddy retains Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency". Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
"Election to the house of people/Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the 21-Kadapa Parliamentary Constituency" (PDF). CEO Andhra Pradesh.
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