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{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| Name = Amalapuram
| image =
| State =[[Andhra Pradesh]]
| UnionTerritory =
| Existence =1952
| AssemblyConstituencies =[[Ramachandrapuram (Assembly constituency)|Ramachandrapuram]] [[Mummidivaram (Assembly constituency)|Mummidivaram]] [[Amalapuram (Assembly constituency)|Amalapuram]] [[Razole (Assembly constituency)|Razole]] [[Gannavaram (Assembly Constituency)|Gannavaram]] [[Kothapeta (Assembly constituency)|Kothapeta]] [[Mandapeta (Assembly constituency)|Mandapeta]]
| Electorate =
| ElectedByYear =[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| Reservation = [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]]
| SuccessfulParty =
| CurrentMP =[[Chinta Anuradha]]
| CurrentMPParty = [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
| FormerMP =
}}

'''Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the twenty-five [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Andhra Pradesh (25)|lok sabha constituencies]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to [[East Godavari district]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |website=The Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=dead |page=30 |format=PDF |date=17 December 2018}}</ref>

== Assembly segments ==
As per the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies order (2008),'' the constituency covers seven assembly segments:<ref name="constituencies">{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |website=The Election Commission of India |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2018 |location=New Delhi |pages=19, 30}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!District
|-
|42
|[[Ramachandrapuram (Assembly constituency)|Ramachandrapuram]]
|None
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|-
|43
|[[Mummidivaram (Assembly constituency)|Mummidivaram]]
|None
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|-
|44
|[[Amalapuram (Assembly constituency)|Amalapuram]]
|SC
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|-
|45
|[[Razole (Assembly constituency)|Razole]]
|SC
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|-
|46
|[[Gannavaram (Assembly Constituency)|Gannavaram]]
|SC
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|-
|47
|[[Kothapeta (Assembly constituency)|Kothapeta]]
|None
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|-
|48
|[[Mandapeta (Assembly constituency)|Mandapeta]]
|None
|[[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
|}

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Winner
! colspan=2 |Party
|-
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
| rowspan="2" |Kaneti Mohana Rao
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kusuma Murthy|Kusuma Krishna Murthy]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|A. J. Venkata Butchi Maheshwara Rao
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|Kusuma Krishna Murthy
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[K. S. R. Murthy]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| rowspan="2" |[[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|2002^
|[[Vijaya Kumari Ganti]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| rowspan="2" |[[G. V. Harsha Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Pandula Ravindra Babu]]
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Chinta Anuradha|Chintha Anuradha]]
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|}
^ by poll

== Election results ==

=== 1989 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election|1989 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Kusuma Krishna Murthy]]
| votes = 339,419
| percentage = 53.68
| change = +15.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[Aithabathula Jogeswara Venkata Butchi]]
| votes = 284,638
| percentage = 45.02
| change = -16.22
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 54,781
| percentage = 8.66
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 632,287
| percentage = 75.66
| change = +1.04
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1991 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election|1991 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| votes = 273,490
| percentage = 53.19
| change = +8.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Kusuma Krishna Murthy]]
| votes = 186,003
| percentage = 36.18
| change = -17.50
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 87,487
| percentage = 17.01
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 514,144
| percentage = 61.48
| change = -14.18
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1996 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|1996 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[K. S. R. Murthy]]
| votes = 245,477
| percentage = 39.51
| change = +3.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| votes = 216,346
| percentage = 34.82
| change = -18.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)
| candidate = [[Babu Mohan Palli]]
| votes = 143,718
| percentage = 23.13
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 29,131
| percentage = 4.69
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 621,325
| percentage = 68.39
| change = +6.91
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1998 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|1998 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| votes = 286,953
| percentage = 43.57
| change = +8.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[K. S. R. Murthy]]
| votes = 196,713
| percentage = 29.87
| change = -9.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = [[Umamaheswara Rao Kommabathula]]
| votes = 172,301
| percentage = 26.16
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 90,240
| percentage = 13.70
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 658,569
| percentage = 73.39
| change = +5.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1999 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|1999 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
| votes = 368,476
| percentage = 55.56
| change = +11.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Gollapalli Suryarao]]
| votes = 249,597
| percentage = 37.63
| change = +7.76
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 118,879
| percentage = 17.93
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 663,249
| percentage = 73.02
| change = -0.37
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser =
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|2004 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[G. V. Harsha Kumar]]
| votes = 350,346
| percentage = 49.75
| change = +12.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[Janardhana Rao Dunna]]
| votes = 308,861
| percentage = 43.86
| change = -11.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Bhupati Muneeswara Rao
| votes = 26,699
| percentage = 3.79
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Ramesh Yalangi
| votes = 9,550
| percentage = 1.36
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = D. Muralikrishna
| votes = 8,768
| percentage = 1.25
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 41,485
| percentage = 5.89
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 704,224
| percentage = 74.59
| change = -0.85
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election|2009 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[G. V. Harsha Kumar]]
| votes = 368,501
| percentage = 35.99
| change = -13.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Praja Rajyam Party
| candidate = [[Pothula Prameela Devi]]
| votes = 328,496
| percentage = 32.09
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[Gedela Varalakshmi]]
| votes = 264,524
| percentage = 25.84
| change = -18.02
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 40,005
| percentage = 3.90
| change = -1.99
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,023,765
| percentage = 80.28
| change = +2.20
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| swing = -13.76
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election|2014 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = [[Pandula Ravindra Babu]]
| votes = 594,547
| percentage = 53.04
| change = +27.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = YSR Congress Party
| candidate = [[Pinipe Viswarupu]]
| votes = 473,971
| percentage = 42.28
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = A. J. V. Butchi Maheswara Rao
| votes = 12,182
| percentage = 1.09
| change = -34.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Jai Samaikyandhra Party
| candidate = [[G. V. Harsha Kumar]]
| votes = 9,931
| percentage = 0.89
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Geddam Sampada Rao
| votes = 7,219
| percentage = 0.64
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
| votes = 6,141
| percentage = 0.55
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 120,576
| percentage = 10.76
| change = +6.86
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,120,927
| percentage = 82.55
| change = +2.27
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Telugu Desam Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
| swing = +9.75
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election|2019 General Election]]: Amalapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = YSR Congress Party
| candidate = [[Chinta Anuradha]]
| votes = 485,313
| percentage = 39.43
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = Ganti Harish Madhur
| votes = 445,347
| percentage = 36.18
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jana Sena Party
|candidate = D.M.R.Sekhar
|votes = 254,848
|percentage = 20.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ayyaji Vema Manepalli
|votes = 11,516
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 39,966
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,235,368
| percentage = 84.64
| change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = YSR Congress Party
| loser = Telugu Desam Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/andhra_pradesh/amalapuram/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Amalapuram lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:East Godavari district]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh]]

Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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