1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1991 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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42 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy N. T. Rama Rao
Party INC TDP
Alliance Congress alliance National Front
Leader's seat None None
Last election 39 2
Seats won 25 13
Seat change Decrease 14 Increase 11
Popular vote 12,087,596 9,320,477
Percentage 39.66% 36.56%
Swing Decrease 11.35% Decrease 5.46%


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]

Parties and alliances

Indian National Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress N. Janardhana Reddy 42

Telugu Desam Party led Alliance

Party Flag Symbol 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

Bharatiya Janata Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party L. K. Advani 41

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi 1

Other Parties and Independents

Party Flag Symbol Seats contested
Other Parties 80
Independents 403


List of Candidates

Constituency INC TDP+ BJP
No. 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

List of MPs won

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
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

By-Elections Held

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Year Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
27 Nandyal 1991 P. V. Narasimha Rao INC 626,241 89.48 Bangaru Laxman BJP 45,944 6.56 580,297
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
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy vacated the seat after his appointment as Chief Minister and his son became MP

Voting and results

Results by Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 1,16,10,772 45.55 Decrease5.46 42 25 Decrease14
TDP+ TDP 82,23,274 32.26 Decrease2.19 35 13 Increase11
CPI(M) 6,19,517 2.43 Increase0.03 2 1 Increase1
CPI 4,77,689 1.87 Decrease0.09 2 1 Increase1
JD 1,38,875 0.54 Decrease1.08 2 0 Steady
ICS-SC 2,29,903 0.90 Increase0.06 1 0 Steady
Total 96,89,258 38.00 Steady 42 15 Steady
BJP 24,54,665 9.63 Increase7.66 41 1 Increase1
AIMIM 4,54,823 1.78 Decrease0.32 1 1 Steady
Others 2,35,120 0.94 Steady 483 0 Steady
IND 10,44,005 4.10 Increase1.45 403 0 Steady
Total 2,54,88,643 100% - 609 42 -

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 P. V. Narasimha Rao Nandyal Prime Minister of India 21 June
1991
16 May
1996
INC
2 Gaddam Venkatswamy Peddapalli (SC) MoS Rural Development 21 June
1991
2 July
1992
2 July
1992
18 Jan
1993
MoS(I/C) Textiles 18 Jan
1993
10 Feb
1995
10 Feb
1995
15 Sept
1995
Cabinet Minister Labour 15 Sept
1995
16 May
1996
MoS(I/C) Textiles 20 Feb
1996
16 May
1996
3 Kamaluddin Ahmed Hanamkonda MoS
  • Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Public Distribution
21 June
1991
29 Sept
1994
Commerce 19 Jan
1993
29 Sept
1994
4 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kurnool Cabinet Minister
  • Law
  • Justice
  • Company Affairs
21 June
1991
9 Oct
1992
5 P. V. Rangayya Naidu Khammam Deputy Minister Communications 21 June
1991
18 Jan
1993
MoS Power 18 Jan
1993
10 Feb
1995
Water Resources 10 Feb
1995
16 May
1995
6 Chinta Mohan Tirupathi (SC) MoS Chemicals and Fertilizers 26 June
1991
17 Jan
1993

See also

References

  1. ^ "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.