Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency

Kurnool
AP-18
Kurnool ; AP-18
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Kurnool; Pattikonda; Kodumur; Yemmiganur; Mantralayam; Adoni; Alur
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala
Party	TDP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Sanjeev Kumar

Kurnool 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 Kurnool district.^[1]

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
137	Kurnool	Kurnool	Tumbalam Gooty Bharath	TDP	TDP
142	Pattikonda		K. E. Shyam Babu
143	Kodumur (SC)		Boggula Dastagiri
144	Yemmiganur		B. V. Jaya Nageswara Reddy
145	Mantralayam		Yellareddy Gari Balanagi Reddy	YSRCP	YSRCP
146	Adoni		P. V. Parthasarathi	BJP	TDP
147	Alur		Busine Virupakshi	YSRCP	TDP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Y. Gadilingana Gowd	Praja Socialist Party
1952	H. Sitharama Reddy	Indian National Congress
1957	Osman Ali Khan
1962	Yashoda Reddy
1967	Y. Gadilingana Gowd	Swatantra Party
1971	K. Kodanda Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
1977	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
1980	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	E. Ayyapu Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
1989	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
1991	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
1991^	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy
1996	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
1998	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
1999	K. E. Krishna Murthy	Telugu Desam Party
2004	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	Indian National Congress
2009	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	Indian National Congress
2014	Butta Renuka	YSR Congress Party
2019	Sanjeev Kumar	YSR Congress Party
2024	Bastipati Nagaraju Panchalingala	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			49.51%
2019			50.95%
2014			44.27%
2009			43.92%
2004			52.95%
1999			51.27%
1998			48.91%
1996			46.43%
1991 (by-poll)			0.00%
1991			51.92%
1989			57.89%
1984			49.94%
1980			77.53%
1977			75.69%
1971			87.15%
1967			48.82%
1962			42.66%
1957			79.04%
1952			36.50%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	B. Nagaraju Panchalingala	658,914	49.51	11.10
	YSRCP	B. Y. Ramaiah	547,616	41.15	9.80
	INC	P. G. Rampullaiah Yadav	70,373	5.29	2.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,511	0.79	0.14
	BSP	Manchala Lakshmi Narayana	8,589	0.65
	SDPI	Jahangir Ahmed	2,074	0.16	0.45
	IND	8 Independent Candidates	25,569	1.92
	OTH	6 Other Party Candidates	7,134	0.54
Majority			111,298	8.36	4.18
Turnout			1,339,542	77.69	2.15
	TDP gain from YSRCP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Sanjeev Kumar	605,462	50.95	6.68
	TDP	K. Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	456,395	38.41	1.72
	INC	Ahmed Ali Khan	36,500	3.07	7.85
	BJP	Dr. Parthasarathi Valmiki	24,418	2.05
	CPI(M)	K. Prabhakara Reddy	19,065	1.60
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,717	0.65	0.23
	SDPI	Abdul Waris	7,293	0.61	0.46
	IND	5 Independent Candidates	22,343	1.88
	OTH	5 Other Party Candidates	9,134	0.77
Majority			149,067	12.54	8.40
Turnout			1,188,327	75.54	3.61
	YSRCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Butta Renuka	472,782	44.27
	TDP	B. T. Naidu	428,651	40.13	4.68
	INC	K. Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	116,603	10.92	33.00
	SDPI	Noor Ahmed Madani	11,393	1.07
	BSP	R. J. Mallikal	5,746	0.54	0.78
	AAP	Vissa Kiran Kumar	6,522	0.61
	JSP	G. Jakeer Hussain	3,600	0.34
	IND	D. Yugandhar	2,820	0.26
	IND	D. Chand Basha	2,605	0.24
	IND	Kothuru Satyanarayana Gupta	2,021	0.19
	WPOI	Nagella Elia	1,990	0.19
	RPI	Kondiparthi Venkat Prasad	1,614	0.15
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,385	0.88
Majority			44,131	4.14	4.33
Turnout			1,065,732	71.93	9.45
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	382,668	43.92	9.03
	TDP	B. T. Naidu	308,895	35.45	5.15
	PRP	Dr. Dandiya Khaja Peera	114,803	13.18
	IND	V. V. Ramana	12,951	1.49
	BSP	Gaddam Ramakrishna	11,542	1.32	0.21
	IND	Raju	11,533	1.32
	LSP	Jalli Venkatesh	8,398	0.96
	BJP	K. A. Ravi Subramanyam	8,268	0.95
	PPOI	Dr. P. R. Parameswar Reddy	4,875	0.56	0.11
	RDMP	B. Naga Jaya Chandra Reddy	4,088	0.47
	IND	Devi Ramalingappa	3,339	0.38
Majority			73,773	8.47	3.88
Turnout			871,708	62.48
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	433,529	52.95	4.94
	TDP	K. E. Krishna Murthy	332,431	40.60	10.67
	IND	James	17,410	2.13
	BSP	Reddipogu David	12,515	1.53
	IND	T. Seshaphani	8,899	1.09
	PPOI	Dr. Parameshwar Reddy	3,722	0.45	0.04
	IND	Giri Nivarthi Rao Yadav	2,873	0.35
	TRS	V. Ravinder Rao	2,723	0.33
	JP	R. V. Mohana Reddy	2,624	0.32
	IND	K. V. Krishna Kumar	2,083	0.25
Majority			101,098	12.35	9.09
Turnout			818,809	62.48	4.02
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	K. E. Krishna Murthy	385,688	51.27	4.06
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	361,201	48.01	0.90
	PPOI	H. Adi Narayana Reddy	3,091	0.41
	IND	A. Ayyapu Reddy	1,680	0.22
	IND	V. Prabhakara Reddy	626	0.08
Majority			24,487	3.26	1.56
Turnout			773,629	66.50	0.90
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	368,044	48.91	2.48
	TDP	K. E. Krishna Murthy	355,208	47.21	5.49
	BJP	K. Venkataswamy	17,446	2.32	0.96
	BSP	R. David	6,119	0.81
	IND	8 Independent Candidates	5,658	0.75
Majority			12,836	1.70	3.01
Turnout			766,572	67.40	5.35
	INC hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	323,208	46.43
	TDP	S. V. Subba Reddy	290,389	41.72
	NTDP	D. Vishnuvardhan Reddy	59,034	8.48
	BJP	Panchagnula Mallikharjuna Sastry	9,444	1.36
	AIIC(T)	Y. Siva Rami Reddy	297	0.04
	IND	18 Independent Candidates	13,731	1.98
Majority			32,819	4.71
Turnout			712,995	62.05
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	302,352	51.92	5.97
	TDP	S. V. Subba Reddy	249,885	42.91	2.59
	BJP	Kurnool Kapileswaraiah	20,393	3.50
	IND	8 Independent Candidates	9,722	1.68
Majority			52,467	9.01	8.56
Turnout			606,374	62.31	5.36
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	363,955	57.89	9.38
	TDP	Erasu Ayyapu Reddy	253,537	40.32	9.62
	IND	M. S. Sajid	5,539	0.88
	IND	Y. Gurudasu	4,693	0.75
	IND	T. Sudhakar	1,030	0.16
Majority			110,418	17.57	16.14
Turnout			655,434	67.67	1.17
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Erasu Ayyapu Reddy	253,832	49.94
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	246,542	48.51	29.02
	IND	Y. Gurudasu	3,576	0.70
	IND	P. Balabadraiah	2,607	0.51
	IND	M. Vijaya Raju	965	0.19
	IND	Simhadri Gangadhara Setty	737	0.15
Majority			7,290	1.43	67.06
Turnout			521,508	68.84	23.74
	TDP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	231,889	77.53	1.84
	JP	Nasir Ahmed	27,040	9.04	10.92
	JP(S)	K. Venkata Swamy	17,678	5.91
	IND	P. Mallikarjuna Sastri	13,048	4.36
	IND	Ghulam Hussain	3,825	1.28
	IND	K. Neelakanta Reddy	3,184	1.06
	IND	Issac N.	1,889	0.63
	IND	M. Abbas Ali	535	0.18
Majority			204,849	68.49	12.76
Turnout			306,276	45.10	6.15
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	270,741	75.69	11.46
	JP	Somappa	71,385	19.96
	IND	Seshaiah	13,221	3.70
	IND	N. Issac	2,355	0.66
Majority			199,356	55.73	21.97
Turnout			370,223	51.25	7.43
	INC hold		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodanda Rami Reddy	270,697	87.15	41.62
	SWA	Y. Gadiingana Gowdu	29,344	9.45	39.37
	IND	K. V. Ranganathan	4,234	1.36
	IND	N. Mammantha Reddy	2,751	0.89
	IND	Isaac	2,065	0.66
	IND	K. M. Ansari	989	0.32
	IND	Sivalingana Gowda	546	0.18
Majority			241,353	77.70	74.41
Turnout			317,429	58.68	8.04
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Y. G. Linganagowda	160,080	48.82	40.50
	INC	D. Sanjeevayya	149,297	45.53	2.87
	IND	S. B. Seshaiah	14,875	4.54
	IND	A. Hameed	3,670	1.12
Majority			10,783	3.29	9.62
Turnout			340,816	66.72	2.53
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yasoda Reddy	121,999	42.66	36.38
	IND	Mukkamala Venkatasubba Reddy	85,085	29.75
	IND	D. V. Subha Sastry	50,005	17.48
	SWA	Shaik Kamal Ahmed	23,788	8.32
	IND	K. Basi Reddy	5,125	1.79
Majority			36,914	12.91	52.24
Turnout			297,743	64.19	39.75
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Osman Ali Khan	81,621	79.04	42.54
	IND	B. R. Bhima Rao	14,342	13.89
	IND	Muhammed Ghouse	7,305	7.07
	IND	Duggaraju Srungarapu Rao	0	0.00
	IND	N. Sankara Reddy	0	0.00
Majority			67,279	65.15	58.45
Turnout			103,268	24.44	30.31
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Kurnool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	H. Sitharama Reddy	70,887	36.50
	IND	Y. Gadilingana Goud	57,874	29.80
	IND	M. Venkatasubbayya Naidu	24,424	12.58
	SOC	Madimullah Syed	23,656	12.18
	IND	M. Vembu	17,372	8.94
Majority			13,013	6.70
Turnout			194,213	54.75
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31.

External links

Kurnool lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. 17 December 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[ceo-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 31.

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