1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

For Assembly election, see 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
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42 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Party TDP INC
Alliance NDA INC +
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 12 22
Seats won 29 5
Seat change Increase 17 Decrease 17
Percentage 42.80% 39.90%
Swing Increase 4.51% Increase 1.44%
Lok Sabha party position in 1999 (Andhra Pradesh)
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

The 1999 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance and its ally Telugu Desam Party, which together won 36 out of 42 seats.

Election schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Poll event Phase
I II III
Notification date 11 August 1999 17 August 1999 21 August 1999
Last date for filing nomination 18 August 1999 24 August 1999 28 August 1999
Scrutiny of nomination 19 August 1999 25 August 1999 30 August 1999
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 21 August 1999 27 August 1999 1 September 1999
Date of poll 5 September 1999 11 September 1999 18 September 1999
Date of counting of votes/Result 6 October 1999
No. of constituencies 13 15 14

Parties and alliances

Alliance/Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
NDA Telugu Desam Party
N. Chandrababu Naidu 34 42
Bharatiya Janata Party Vidyasagar Rao 8
Indian National Congress Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy 42
LF Anna Telugu Desam Party
Nandamuri Harikrishna 20 33
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Babu Rao Mediyam 7
Communist Party of India
Sudhakar Reddy 6
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi 1

List of Candidates

Constituency NDA INC CPI(M) + CPI
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Srikakulam TDP Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu INC Kanithi Viswanatham Did not contest
2 Parvathipuram (ST) TDP D. V. G. Sankara Rao INC Kishore Chandra Deo
3 Bobbili TDP Padala Aruna INC Botcha Satyanarayana
4 Visakhapatnam TDP M. V. V. S. Murthi INC T. Subbarami Reddy CPI(M) Ch. Narsinga Rao
5 Bhadrachalam (ST) TDP Dumpa Mary Vijayakumari INC T. Ratna Bai CPI Sode Ramaiah
6 Anakapalli TDP Ganta Srinivasa Rao INC Gudivada Gurunadha Rao Did not contest
7 Kakinada TDP Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy INC Thota Subbarao
8 Rajahmundry BJP S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao INC Chitturi Ravindra
9 Amalapuram (SC) TDP G. M. C. Balayogi INC Gollapalli Suryarao
10 Narasapur BJP Krishnam Raju INC Kanumuri Bapi Raju CPI(M) Rudraraju Satyanarayana Raju
11 Eluru TDP Bolla Bulli Ramaiah INC Maganti Venkateswara Rao Did not contest
12 Machilipatnam TDP Ambati Brahmanaiah INC Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
13 Vijayawada TDP Gadde Rama Mohan INC Upendra Parvathaneni CPI Kolli Nageswara Rao
14 Tenali TDP Ummareddy Venkateswarlu INC P. Shiv Shankar CPI(M) Parchuri Nageswara Rao
15 Guntur TDP Yemparala Venkateswara Rao INC Rayapati Sambasiva Rao Did not contest
16 Bapatla TDP D. Ramanaidu INC Jesudasu Seelam
17 Narasaraopet TDP S. M. Lal Janbasha INC N. Janardhana Reddy
18 Ongole TDP Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy INC Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy
19 Nellore (SC) TDP Vukkala Rajeswaramma INC Panabaka Lakshmi CPI(M) Thummalagunta Prapancha Bhanu Raju
20 Tirupati (SC) BJP Dr. N. Venkataswamy INC Chinta Mohan Did not contest
21 Chittoor TDP Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy INC R. Gopinath
22 Rajampet TDP Gunipati Ramaiah INC Annayyagari Sai Prathap
23 Cuddapah TDP Kandula Rajamohan Reddy INC Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
24 Hindupur TDP B. K. Parthasarathi INC S. Gangadhar
25 Anantapur TDP Kalava Srinivasulu INC Anantha Venkatarami Reddy
26 Kurnool TDP Kambhalapati E. Krishna Murthy INC Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
27 Nandyal TDP Bhuma Nagi Reddy INC G. Prathap Reddy
28 Nagarkurnool (SC) TDP Manda Jagannath INC Mallu Ravi
29 Mahabubnagar BJP A. P. Jithender Reddy INC Dr. Mallikarjun
30 Hyderabad BJP Baddam Bal Reddy INC Konda Lakshma Reddy
31 Secunderabad BJP Bandaru Dattatreya INC N. Bhaskara Rao
32 Siddipet (SC) TDP Malyala Rajaiah INC Nandi Yellaiah
33 Medak BJP A. Narendra INC Mogaligundla Baga Reddy
34 Nizamabad TDP Gaddam Ganga Reddy INC Sanigaram Santosh Reddy
35 Adilabad TDP Samudrala Venugopal Chary INC Mohd. Sultan Ahmad CPI C. Shanker Rao
36 Peddapalli (SC) TDP Chellamalla Suguna Kumari INC Gaddam Venkatswamy CPI Yerrala Gattaiah
37 Karimnagar BJP C. Vidyasagar Rao INC Anand Rao Chelimeda Did not contest
38 Hanamkonda TDP Chada Suresh Reddy INC M. Kamaluddin Ahmed CPI Kalidas Madatha
39 Warangal TDP Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu INC T. Kalpana Devi CPI(M) Gollapelly Nagaiah
40 Khammam TDP Maddineni Baby Swarna Kumari INC Renuka Chowdhury CPI(M) Guguloth Dharma
41 Nalgonda TDP Gutha Sukender Reddy INC Kanukula Janardhan Reddy CPI Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
42 Miryalguda TDP Yadevelli Rangasai Reddy INC Jaipal Reddy CPI(M) Cherupalli Seetharamulu

Voting and results

Results by alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA TDP 1,32,97,370 39.85 Increase7.88 34 29 Increase17
BJP 33,03,772 9.90 Decrease8.40 8 7 Increase3
Total 1,66,01,142 49.75 Steady 42 36 Steady
INC 1,42,78,099 42.79 Increase4.33 42 5 Decrease17
CPI(M) 4,67,959 1.40 Decrease1.49 7 0 Steady
CPI 4,43,775 1.33 Decrease1.23 6 0 Decrease2
AIMIM 4,48,165 1.34 Decrease0.18 1 1 Steady
Others 6,55,149 1.98 Steady 85 0 Steady
IND 4,71,195 1.41 Decrease0.28 102 0 Steady
Total 3,33,65,484 100% - 285 42 -

List of elected members

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Srikakulam Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu TDP 373,851 56.81 Kanithi Viswanatham INC 276,969 42.09 96,882 14.72
2 Parvathipuram (ST) D. V. G. Sankara Rao TDP 304,000 49.54 Kishore Chandra Deo INC 290,719 47.38 13,281 2.16
3 Bobbili Botsa Satyanarayana INC 339,768 48.95 Aruna Padala TDP 335,947 48.40 3,821 0.55
4 Visakhapatnam M. V. V. S. Murthi TDP 442,036 49.96 T. Subbarami Reddy INC 403,117 45.56 38,919 4.40
5 Bhadrachalam (ST) Dumpa Mary Vijayakumari TDP 293,593 40.30 T. Ratna Bai INC 256,490 35.21 37,103 5.09
6 Anakapalli Ganta Srinivasa Rao TDP 392,984 52.75 Gudivada Gurunadha Rao INC 334,520 44.90 58,464 7.85
7 Kakinada Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy TDP 435,811 53.64 Thota Subbarao INC 314,376 38.69 121,435 14.95
8 Rajahmundry S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao BJP 411,956 51.73 Chitturi Ravindra INC 351,925 44.20 60,031 7.53
9 Amalapuram (SC) G. M. C. Balayogi TDP 368,476 55.56 Gollapalli Suryarao INC 249,597 37.63 118,879 17.93
10 Narasapur Krishnam Raju BJP 421,099 59.78 Kanumuru Bapiraju INC 255,151 36.22 165,948 23.56
11 Eluru Bolla Bulli Ramaiah TDP 435,884 52.23 Maganti Venkateswara Rao INC 373,653 44.78 62,231 7.45
12 Machilipatnam Ambati Brahmanaiah TDP 387,533 54.44 Kavuri Samba Siva Rao INC 304,537 42.78 82,996 11.66
13 Vijayawada Gadde Rama Mohan TDP 482,968 51.96 P. Upendra INC 395,902 42.59 87,066 9.37
14 Tenali Ummareddy Venkateswarlu TDP 339,800 52.63 P. Shiv Shankar INC 266,771 41.32 73,029 11.31
15 Guntur Yemparala Venkateswara Rao TDP 399,065 51.08 Rayapati Sambasiva Rao INC 358,735 45.92 40,330 5.16
16 Bapatla D. Ramanaidu TDP 399,596 55.83 Jesudasu Seelam INC 307,139 42.92 92,457 12.91
17 Narasaraopet N. Janardhana Reddy INC 432,266 50.27 S. M. Laljan Basha TDP 418,384 48.66 13,882 1.61
18 Ongole Karanam Murthy TDP 392,840 50.58 Sreenivasulu Reddy INC 370,892 47.76 21,948 2.82
19 Nellore (SC) Vukkala Rajeswaramma TDP 381,166 49.51 Panabaka Lakshmi INC 340,713 44.26 40,453 5.25
20 Tirupathi (SC) N. Venkataswamy BJP 386,478 48.89 Chinta Mohan INC 373,981 47.31 12,497 1.58
21 Chittoor N. Ramakrishna Reddy TDP 419,208 50.18 R. Gopinath INC 400,570 47.95 18,638 2.23
22 Rajampet Gunipati Ramaiah TDP 322,107 48.76 Annayyagari Sai Prathap INC 294,937 44.65 27,170 4.11
23 Cuddapah Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy INC 367,833 50.89 Kandula Rajamohan Reddy TDP 341,236 47.21 26,597 3.68
24 Hindupur B. K. Parthasarathi TDP 432,575 56.25 S. Gangadhar INC 297,939 38.74 134,636 17.51
25 Anantapur Kalava Srinivasulu TDP 378,488 50.27 Anantha Venkatarami Reddy INC 357,386 47.47 21,102 2.8
26 Kurnool Kambhalapati E. Krishna Murthy TDP 385,688 51.27 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy INC 361,201 48.01 24,487 3.26
27 Nandyal Bhuma Nagi Reddy TDP 391,655 53.68 G. Prathap Reddy INC 319,046 43.73 72,609 9.95
28 Nagarkurnool (SC) Manda Jagannath TDP 431,095 53.11 Mallu Ravi INC 364,195 44.87 66,900 8.24
29 Mahabubnagar A. P. Jithender Reddy BJP 391,588 49.46 Dr. Mallikarjun INC 340,693 43.03 50,895 6.43
30 Hyderabad Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi AIMIM 448,165 41.36 Baddam Bal Reddy BJP 387,344 35.74 60,821 5.62
31 Secunderabad Bandaru Dattatreya BJP 506,626 52.19 N. Bhaskara Rao INC 409,000 42.13 97,626 10.06
32 Siddipet (SC) Malyala Rajaiah TDP 583,346 55.95 Nandi Yellaiah INC 429,625 41.21 153,721 14.74
33 Medak Ale Narendra BJP 400,244 48.20 Mogaligundla Baga Reddy INC 378,161 45.54 22,083 2.66
34 Nizamabad Gaddam Ganga Reddy TDP 373,260 49.51 Sanigaram Santosh Reddy INC 369,824 49.05 3,436 0.46
35 Adilabad Samudrala Venugopal Chary TDP 390,308 52.49 Mohd. Sultan Ahmad INC 280,585 37.73 109,723 14.76
36 Peddapalli (SC) Chellamalla Suguna Kumari TDP 406,529 47.24 Gaddam Venkatswamy INC 390,640 45.39 15,889 1.85
37 Karimnagar C. Vidyasagar Rao BJP 398,437 49.73 Anand Rao Chelimeda INC 379,067 47.31 19,370 2.42
38 Hanamkonda Chada Suresh Reddy TDP 375,285 51.56 Kamaluddin Ahmed INC 289,504 39.78 85,781 11.78
39 Warangal Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu TDP 385,593 46.35 T. Kalpana Devi INC 372,227 44.74 13,366 1.61
40 Khammam Renuka Chowdhury INC 328,596 35.85 Baby Swarna Kumari Maddineni TDP 320,198 34.93 8,398 0.92
41 Nalgonda Gutha Sukender Reddy TDP 427,505 44.97 Kanukula Janardhan Reddy INC 347,770 36.58 79,735 8.39
42 Miryalguda Jaipal Reddy INC 401,437 44.12 Rangashai Reddy Yadevelli TDP 349,360 38.40 52,077 5.72

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Andhra Pradesh

SI No. Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 C. Vidyasagar Rao Karimnagar Minister of State Home Affairs 13 October
1999 		29 January
2003 		BJP
Commerce and Industry 29 January
2003 		22 May
2004
2 Bandaru Dattatreya Secunderabad Minister of State Urban Development 13 October
1999 		14 June
2000
Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation 14 June
2000 		1 July
2002
Railways 1 July
2002 		8 September
2003
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation 8 September
2003 		22 May
2004
3 S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao Rajahmundry Minister of State Agriculture 13 October
1999 		29 September
2000
4 U. V. Krishnam Raju Narasapur External Affairs 30 September
2000 		22 July
2001
Defence 22 July
2001 		1 July
2002
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 1 July
2002 		29 September
2003
Rural Development 29 January
2003 		22 May
2004

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 1999 election)
Telugu Desam Party 162 180
Indian National Congress 88 91
Bharatiya Janata Party 37 12
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 4 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 2
Communist Party of India 1 0
Others 1 5
Total 294
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