Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Cuddapah) is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.

Assembly Segments

Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
243	Badvel	SC
245	Kadapa	None
248	Pulivendla	None
249	Kamalapuram	None
250	Jammalamadugu	None
251	Proddatur	None
252	Mydukur	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Y. Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
Second	1957-62	V. Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Y. Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
Fourth	1967-71	Y. Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
Fifth	1971-77	Y. Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
Sixth	1977-80	Kandula Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	Kandula Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth	1984-89	D. N. Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	PARITALA RAVINDRA	Telugu Desam Party
Tenth	1991-96	PARITALA RAVINDRA	Telugu Desam Party
Eleventh	1996-98	PARITALA RAVINDRA	Telugu Desam Party
Twelfth	1998-99	PARITALA RAVINDRA	Telugu Desam Party
Thirteenth	1999-2004	PARITALA RAVINDRA	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-10	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	Indian National Congress
	2011-2014	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	YSR Congress Party
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Y. S. Avinash Reddy	YSR Congress Party

Election results

General Elections 1989

General Election, 1989: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	PARITALA RAVINDRA	480,524	60.16	+16.55
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy	313,772	39.28	-12.83
Majority			166,752	20.88
Turnout			798,740	70.35	-1.37
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1991

General Election, 1991: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy	583,953	75.29	+15.13
	TDP	C.Ramachandraiah	165,028	21.18	-18.00
Majority			418,925	54.11
Turnout			775,576	68.12	-2.23
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1996

General Election, 1996: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy	368,611	48.75	-26.54
	TDP	Kandula Rajamohan Reddy	363,166	48.03	+26.85
Majority			5,435	0.72
Turnout			756,079	65.59	-2.53
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy	374,762	50.69	+1.94
	TDP	Kandula Rajamohan Reddy	320,881	43.40	-4.63
Majority			53,881	7.29
Turnout			739,280	66.75	+1.16
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy	367,833	50.89	+0.20
	TDP	Kandula Rajamohan Reddy	341,236	47.21	+3.81
Majority			26,597	3.68
Turnout			722,854	66.28	-0.47
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy	461,431	56.33	+5.44
	TDP	M. V. Mysura Reddy	329,757	40.25	-6.96
	Independent	T Bhaskar Reddy	10,250	1.25
	RJD	Indi reddy Thimma Reddy	5,242	0.64
	Independent	Subba Rao Vitta	3,932	0.48
	Pyramid Party of India	K Kondaboina Sreenivasulu	1,759	0.21
	Independent	C Balavarada Reddy	1,115	0.14
	RPI	B Narayana Reddy	903	0.11
	ANC	Putha Ramaprasada Reddy	825	0.10
	Janata Party	G Ravindranatha Reddy	759	0.09
	Independent	C Gopi Narasimha Reddy	746	0.09
	NTRTDP(LP)	Chandipiralla Sivanatha Reddy	731	0.09	-0.02
	ABJS	O Subba Reddy	649	0.08
	TRS	Pechara Venkateshwar Rao	617	0.07
	Praja Party	N Bhaskara Reddy	485	0.06
Majority			130,674	16.08
Turnout			819,201	71.65	+5.37
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	542,611	52.87	-3.46
	TDP	Palem Srikanth Reddy	363,765	35.44	-4.81
	PRP	Dr. Khaleel Basha	63,309	6.17
Majority			178,846	17.43
Turnout			1,026,285	76.15	+4.50
	INC hold		Swing

By Elections 2011

By Election, 2011: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	6,92,251	76.86	N/A
	INC	D. L. Ravindra Reddy	1,46,579	16.27	-36.60
Majority			5,45,672	60.59	+43.16
Turnout			9,00,662	70.65	-5.50
	YSRCP gain from INC		Swing	+58.56

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Kadapa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Avinash Reddy	671,983	55.97	-20.89
	TDP	Srinivasa Reddy Reddeppagari	481,660	40.12	N/A
Majority			190,323	15.85	-44.74
Turnout			1,200,662	77.43	+6.78
	YSRCP hold		Swing	-20.89

See also

• YSR district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha