1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
← 1971
16–20 March 1977
1980 →
42 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jalagam Vengala Rao Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Party INC(R) JP
Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance
Leader's seat Did not contest Nandyala
Last election 28 New
Seats won 41 1
Seat change Increase 13 New
Popular vote 9,582,708 5,400,643
Percentage 57.36% 32.33%
Swing Increase 1.63% New
Prime Minister before election

Indira Gandhi
INC

Prime Minister after election

Morarji Desai
JP

The 1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (R) which won 41 out of 42 seats.[1]

List of Candidates

Constituency
BLD+ INC
1 Srikakulam BLD Gouthu Latchanna INC Rajgopalarao Boddepalli
2 Parvathipuram (ST) BLD Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal INC Vyrichearla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
3 Bobbili BLD Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari INC Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju
4 Visakhapatnam BLD Tenneti Viswanathan INC Dronamraju Satyanarayana
5 Bhadrachalam (ST) BLD P. Vani Ramanarao INC Radha Bai Ananda Rao
6 Anakapalli BLD Chalapathi Rao P. V. INC Appalanaidu S. R. A. S.
7 Kakinada BLD Vaddi Mutyalaro INC Sanjeevi Rao M. S.
8 Rajahmundry BLD Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju INC Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P.
9 Amalapuram (SC) BLD B. V. Ramanayya INC Kusuma Krishna Murty
10 Narasapur CPI(M) Uddaraju Ramam INC Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose
11 Eluru BLD Krishna Murthy Garapati INC Kommareddy Suryanarayana
12 Machilipatnam BLD Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao INC Ankineedu Maganti
13 Vijayawada BLD Gottipati Murali Mohan INC Godey Murahari
14 Tenali CPI(M) Gunturu Bapanaiah INC Meduri Nageswara Rao
15 Guntur BLD Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao INC Kotha Raghuramaiah
16 Bapatla BLD Jagarlamudi Chandramouli INC Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati
17 Narasaraopet BLD Illuri Kotireddy INC Brahmananda Reddy Kasu
18 Ongole BLD Muppavarapu Venkaiah (Venkaiah Naidu) INC Puli Venkata Reddy
19 Nellore (SC) CPI(M) Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta INC Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu
20 Tirupati (SC) BLD Allam Krishnaiah INC Balakrishnaiah Tambura
21 Chittoor BLD N. P. Changalraya Naidu INC P. Rajagopal Naidu
22 Rajampet BLD P. Thimma Reddy INC Pothuraju Parthasarathi
23 Cuddapah BLD Vutukuru Rami Reddy INC Kandala Obul Reddy
24 Hindupur BLD K. Ramachandra Reddy INC P. Bayapa Reddy
25 Anantapur BLD D. Narayanaswamy INC Darur Pullaiah
26 Kurnool BLD Somappa INC K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
27 Nandyal BLD Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy INC Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah
28 Nagarkurnool (SC) BLD Puttapaga Padhakrishna INC Mailala Bheeshma Dev
29 Mahabubnagar BLD D. K. Satya Reddy INC J. Rameshwara Rao
30 Hyderabad BLD Mir Ahmed Ali Khan INC K. S. Narayana
31 Secunderabad BLD T. Laxmi Kantamma INC M. M. Hashim
32 Siddipet (SC) BLD T. N. Sadalakshmi INC G. Venkataswamy
33 Medak BLD Narasimba Reddy INC Mallikarjun
34 Nizamabad BLD Gangareddy INC Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy
35 Adilabad BLD Gopidi Ganga Reddy INC G. Narsimha Reddy
36 Peddapalli (SC) BLD Bangaru Lakshman INC V. Tulsiram
37 Karimnagar BLD Juvvadi Gautama Rao INC M. Satyanarayan Rao
38 Hanamkonda BLD P. Janardhan Reddy INC P. V. Narasimha Rao
39 Warangal BLD Jangareddy Chandabatla INC S. B. Giri
40 Khammam CPI(M) Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy INC Jalagam Kondala Rao
41 Nalgonda BLD Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy INC Mohd. Abdul Lateef
42 Miryalguda CPI(M) Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy INC G. S. Reddy

Voting and results

Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 95,82,708 57.36 Increase 1.63 42 41 Increase 13
BLD 54,00,643 32.33 New 37 1 Increase 1
CPI(M) 7,86,719 4.71 Increase 1.89 6 0 Decrease 1
CPI 4,46,044 2.67 Decrease 3.27 10 0 Decrease 1
Others 18,991 0.11 Steady 3 0 Steady
IND 4,70,018 2.81 Decrease 5.40 67 0 Decrease 1
Total 1,67,05,123 100% - 165 42 -

List of MPs won

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Srikakulam Rajgopalarao Boddepalli INC 187,125 49.12 Gouthu Latchanna BLD 178,391 46.83 8,734 2.29
2 Parvathipuram (ST) Kishore Chandra Deo INC 174,454 55.00 Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal BLD 142,710 45.00 31,744 10.00
3 Bobbili Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju INC 171,095 51.75 Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari BLD 119,507 36.15 51,588 15.60
4 Visakhapatnam Dronamraju Satyanarayana INC 171,657 51.00 Tenneti Viswanathan BLD 128,828 38.28 42,829 12.72
5 Bhadrachalam (ST) Radha Bai Ananda Rao INC 155,198 59.91 P. Vani Ramanarao BLD 59,230 22.86 95,968 37.05
6 Anakapalli Appalanaidu S. R. A. S. INC 199,228 54.30 Chalapathi Rao P. V. BLD 163,292 44.51 35,936 9.79
7 Kakinada Sanjeevirao M. S. INC 269,017 61.89 Vaddi Mutyalarao BLD 145,749 33.53 123,268 28.36
8 Rajahmundry Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P. INC 292,323 61.07 Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju BLD 175,564 36.68 116,759 24.39
9 Amalapuram (SC) Kusuma Krishna Murty INC 271,982 64.68 B. V. Ramanayya BLD 135,993 32.34 135,989 32.34
10 Narasapur Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose INC 256,519 55.65 Uddaraju Ramam CPI(M) 142,162 30.84 114,357 24.81
11 Eluru Kommareddy Suryanarayana INC 290,410 63.62 Krishna Murthy Garapati BLD 156,377 34.25 134,033 29.37
12 Machilipatnam Ankineedu Maganti INC 262,551 57.48 Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao BLD 185,622 40.64 76,929 16.84
13 Vijayawada Godey Murahari INC 239,733 52.78 Gottipati Murali Mohan BLD 119,696 26.35 120,037 26.43
14 Tenali Meduri Nageswara Rao INC 244,928 55.76 Gunturu Bapanaiah CPI(M) 187,191 42.62 57,737 13.14
15 Guntur Kotha Raghuramaiah INC 290,914 57.43 Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao BLD 205,385 40.54 85,529 16.89
16 Bapatla Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati INC 253,438 53.84 Jagarlamudi Chandramouli BLD 210,492 44.72 42,946 9.12
17 Narasaraopet Brahmananda Reddy Kasu INC 246,146 58.10 Illuri Kotireddy BLD 158,075 37.31 88,071 20.79
18 Ongole Puli Venkata Reddy INC 252,206 55.97 Muppavarapu Venkaiah Alias Venkaiah Naidu BLD 162,881 36.14 89,325 19.83
19 Nellore (SC) Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu INC 272,184 66.14 Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta CPI(M) 129,404 31.44 142,780 34.70
20 Tirupathi (SC) Balakrishnaiah Tambura INC 240,394 54.56 Allam Krishnaiah BLD 200,214 45.44 40,180 9.12
21 Chittoor P. Rajagopal Naidu INC 229,252 49.98 N. P. Changalraya Naidu BLD 218,805 47.70 10,447 2.28
22 Rajampet Pothuraju Parthasarathi INC 233,844 54.58 P. Thimma Reddy BLD 179,293 41.85 54,551 12.73
23 Cuddapah Kandala Obul Reddy INC 232,351 48.84 Vutukuru Rami Reddy BLD 224,789 47.25 7,562 1.59
24 Hindupur P. Bayapa Reddy INC 236,797 60.76 K. Ramachandra Reddy BLD 146,764 37.66 90,033 23.10
25 Anantapur Darur Pullaiah INC 215,279 55.43 D. Narayanaswamy BLD 173,071 44.57 42,208 10.86
26 Kurnool K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy INC 270,741 75.69 Somappa BLD 71,385 19.96 199,356 55.73
27 Nandyal Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy BLD 258,147 53.19 Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah INC 222,404 45.83 35,743 7.36
28 Nagarkurnool (SC) Mailala Bheeshma Dev INC 238,388 67.34 Puttapaga Padhakrishna BLD 115,625 32.66 122,763 34.68
29 Mahbubnagar J. Rameshwara Rao INC 216,455 62.98 D. K. Satya Reddy BLD 121,966 35.49 94,489 27.49
30 Hyderabad K. S. Narayana INC 156,295 46.00 Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi IND 91,227 26.85 65,068 19.15
31 Secunderabad M. M. Hashim INC 160,230 48.62 T. Laxmi Kantamma BLD 156,383 47.46 3,847 1.16
32 Siddipet (SC) G. Venkataswamy INC 232,377 64.21 T. N. Sadalakshmi BLD 129,507 35.79 102,870 28.42
33 Medak Mallikarjun INC 239,813 67.00 Narasimba Reddy BLD 96,303 26.91 143,510 40.09
34 Nizamabad Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy INC 252,291 70.66 Gangareddy BLD 92,898 26.02 159,393 44.64
35 Adilabad G. Narsimha Reddy INC 167,410 57.47 Gopidi Ganga Reddy BLD 96,244 33.04 71,166 24.43
36 Peddapalli (SC) V. Tulsiram INC 209,187 65.40 Bangaru Lakshman BLD 104,110 32.55 105,077 32.85
37 Karimnagar M. Satyanarayan Rao INC 210,349 58.83 Juvvadi Gautma Rao BLD 96,301 26.93 114,048 31.90
38 Hanamkonda P. V. Narsimha Rao INC 231,593 59.32 P. Janardhan Reddy BLD 153,910 39.43 77,683 19.89
39 Warangal S. B. Giri INC 251,211 65.49 Jangareddy Chandabatla BLD 128,589 33.52 122,622 31.97
40 Khammam Jalagam Kondala Rao INC 208,617 51.30 Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy CPI(M) 122,628 30.16 85,989 21.14
41 Nalgonda Mohd. Abdul Lateef INC 208,892 53.37 Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy BLD 101,858 26.03 107,034 27.34
42 Miryalguda G. S. Reddy INC 217,430 49.40 Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy CPI(M) 167,751 38.11 49,679 11.29

See also

References

  1. ^ "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election_in_Andhra_Pradesh