Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: చిత్తూరు లోక సభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. This constituency is presently reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes[1]

Contents

Assembly segments

Chittoor constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments[1]:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
285 Chandragiri None
289 Nagari None
290 Gangadhara Nellore SC
291 Chittoor None
292 Puthalapattu SC
293 Palamaner None
294 Kuppam None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 T. N. Viswanatha Reddy Indian National Congress
Second 1957-62 Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar Indian National Congress
Third 1962-67 N. G. Ranga Swatantra Party
Fourth 1967-71 N. P. Chengalraya Naidu Indian National Congress
Fifth 1971-77 P. Narasimha Reddy Indian National Congress
Sixth 1977-80 P. Rajagopal Naidu Indian National Congress
Seventh 1980-84 P. Rajagopal Naidu Indian National Congress
Eighth 1984-89 N. P. Jhansi Lakshmi Telugu Desam Party
Ninth 1989-91 M. Gnanendra Reddy Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991-96 M. Gnanendra Reddy Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996-98 Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Twelfth 1998-99 Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Thirteenth 1999-04 Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth 2004-2009 D.K. Audikesavulu Telugu Desam Party
Fifteenth 2009-Incumbent Naramalli Sivaprasad Telugu Desam Party

Election results

General Election, 2004: Chittoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TDP D.K. Audikesavulu 454,128 51.84 +1.66
Congress Dr Ravuri Venkata Swamy 391,990 44.75 -3.20
Independent S Sahadeva Reddy 10,431 1.19
TRS A Malla Rao 10,258 1.17
Independent D A Nagaraju 5,532 0.63
Independent Shaik Jeelani Basha 3,653 0.41
Majority 62,138 7.09 +4.86
Turnout 875,992 74.90 +0.02
TDP hold Swing +1.66

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