Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)

Vijayawada is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Andhra Pradesh. Total electorate is 1561705 in 2007.Vijayawada lok sabha seat has seven assembly segments under it namely vijayawada(west),vijayawada(east),kankipadu,nandigama,mylavaram,Tiruvuru,jaggayyapet. After delimitation Vijayawada has 1402904 voters and seven assembly segments namely vijayawada(west),vijayawada(central)vijayawada(east),mylavaram,tiruvuru,jaggayyapet,nandigama.

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Harindranath Chattopadhyaya Independent
Second 1957-62 Dr. Komarraju Atchamamba Indian National Congress
Third 1962-67 K. L. Rao Indian National Congress
Fourth 1967-71 K. L. Rao Indian National Congress
Fifth 1971-77 K. L. Rao Indian National Congress
Sixth 1977-80 Godey Murahari Indian National Congress
Seventh 1980-84 Vidya Chennupati Indian National Congress
Eighth 1984-89 Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
Ninth 1989-91 Vidya Chennupati Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991-96 Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao Telugu Desam Party
Eleventh 1996-98 P. Upendra Indian National Congress
Twelfth 1998-99 P. Upendra Indian National Congress
Thirteenth 1999-04 Gadde Ramamohan Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth 2004-09 Rajagopal Lagadapati Indian National Congress
Fifteenth 2009-Incumbent Rajagopal Lagadapati Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election, 2004: Vijayawada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Congress Rajagopal Lagadapati 519,624 54.95 +12.36
TDP Aswini Dutt Chalasani 405,037 42.84 -9.12
BSP Nandeti Prabhakar Rao 6,472 0.68
Pyramid Party of India Koneru Vara Lakshmi 5,105 0.54 +0.24
Independent Someswara Rao Madala 3,039 0.32
Independent Syed Moinuddin 1,443 0.15
TRS J Ramchandra Rao 1,268 0.13
Independent Ravi Kumar Domakonda 1,005 0.11
Independent Jakka Taraka Mallikarjuna Rao 637 0.07
Independent Apparao Damalapati 549 0.06
Independent Gatla Venkata Narayana Reddy 493 0.05
Independent Donepudi Srinivas 482 0.05
Independent Gottumukkala Siva Prasadaraju 396 0.04
Majority 114,487 12.11 +21.48
Turnout 945,550 64.59 -3.84
Congress gain from TDP Swing +12.36

See also