Kurnool (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

Assembly segments

Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
256	Kurnool	None
261	Pattikonda	None
262	Kodumur	SC
263	Yemmiganur	None
264	Mantralayam	None
265	Adoni	None
266	Alur	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Y. Gadilingana Gowd	Praja Socialist Party
Second	1957-62	Osman Ali Khan	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Yashoda Reddy	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Y. Gadilingana Goud	Swatantra Party
Fifth	1971-77	K. Kodanda Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	E. Ayyapu Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	K. E. Krishnamurthy	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2009-Incumbent	Butta Renuka	YSR Congress Party

Election results

General Elections 1989

General Election, 1989: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	363,955	57.89	+9.38
	TDP	Erasu Ayyapu Reddy	253,537	40.32	-9.62
Majority			110,418	17.57
Turnout			628,754	64.91	-2.18
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1991

General Election, 1991: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	302,352	51.92	-5.97
	TDP	S.V. Subba Reddy	249,885	42.91	+2.59
Majority			52,467	9.01
Turnout			582,352	59.84	-5.07
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1996

General Election, 1996: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	323,208	46.43	-5.49
	TDP	S.V. Subba Reddy	290,389	41.72	+1.19
Majority			32,819	4.71
Turnout			696,103	60.58	+0.74
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	368,044	48.91	+2.48
	TDP	K. E. Krishnamurthy	355,208	47.21	+5.49
Majority			12,836	1.70
Turnout			752,475	66.16	+5.58
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	K. E. Krishnamurthy	385,688	51.27	+4.06
	INC	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	361,201	48.01	-0.90
Majority			24,487	3.26
Turnout			752,286	64.66	-1.50
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	433,529	52.95	+4.94
	TDP	K. E. Krishnamurthy	332,431	40.60	-10.67
	Independent	James	17,410	2.13
	BSP	Reddipogu David	12,515	1.53
	Independent	T Seshaphani	8,899	1.09
	Pyramid Party of India	Dr Parameshwar Reddy	3,722	0.45	+0.04
	Independent	Giri Nivarthi Rao Yadav	2,873	0.35
	TRS	V Ravinder Rao	2,723	0.33
	Janata Party	R V Mohan Reddy	2,624	0.32
	Independent	K V Krishna Kumar	2,083	0.25
Majority			101,098	12.35
Turnout			818,809	62.48	-2.18
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	382,974	43.93	-9.02
	TDP	B T Naidu	308,895	35.44	-5.16
	PRP	Dr.Dandiya Khaja Peera	114,845	13.17
	Independent	V V Ramana	12,951	1.49
	BSP	Gaddam Ramakrishna	11,542	1.32
	Independent	Raju	11,533	1.32
	LSP	Jalli Venkatesh	8,398	0.96
	BJP	Ravi Subramanyam, K.A.	8,268	0.95
	Pyramid Party of India	Dr Parameshwar Reddy	4,875	0.56
	Independent	B.Naga Jaya Chandra Reddy	4,088	0.47
	Independent	Devi Ramalingappa	3,339	0.38
Majority			74,079	12.35
Turnout			871,708	62.48	-4.02
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Kurnool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Butta Renuka	472,782	44.36
	TDP	B T Naidu	428,651	40.22
	INC	Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy	116,603	10.94
Majority			44,131	4.14
Turnout			1,065,732	71.92	+9.44
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Kurnool district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha