Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bapatla (SC)

Existence	1977–present
Reservation	No
Current MP	Malyadri Sriram
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Andhra Pradesh
Assembly Constituencies	Vemuru, Repalle, Bapatla, Parchur, Addanki, Chirala, Santhanuthalapadu

Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste

Assembly Segments

Bapatla constituency comprises comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
208	Vemuru	SC
209	Repalle	None
211	Bapatla	None
223	Parchur	None
224	Addanki	None
225	Chirala	None
226	Santhanuthalapadu	SC

Source: Assembly segments of Parliamentary constituencies

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Sixth	1977-80	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	Chimata Sambu	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	Salagala Benjamin	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao	Telugu Desam Party
Eleventh	1996-98	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	Telugu Desam Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-2004	Daggubati Ramanaidu	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Daggubati Purandareswari	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009- 2014	Lakshmi Panabaka	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014- incumbent	Malyadri Sriram	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

General Elections 1989

General Election, 1989: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Salagala Benjamin	364,008	52.15	+6.19
	BJP	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu	320,388	45.90
Majority			43,620	6.25
Turnout			697,980	69.82	+1.65
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1991

General Election, 1991: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao	285,788	46.82
	INC	Salagala Benjamin	284,681	46.64	-5.51
Majority			1,107	0.18
Turnout			610,418	61.08	-8.74
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 1996

General Election, 1996: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	276,064	41.51	-5.31
	INC	Vijaya Prad Arya	267,802	40.27	-6.37
	NTRTDP(LP)	Laavu Rathaiah	98,554	14.82
Majority			8,262	1.24
Turnout			665,086	61.93	+0.85
	TDP hold		Swing

General Elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy	316,788	47.31	+7.04
	TDP	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu	276,300	41.27	-0.24
	BJP	Ganesuni Rathaiah Chowdary	66,914	9.99
Majority			40,488	6.04
Turnout			669,535	62.62	+0.69
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Daggubati Ramanaidu	399,596	55.83	+14.56
	INC	Jesudasu Seelam	307,139	42.92	-4.39
Majority			92,457	12.91
Turnout			715,681	66.40	+3.78
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Daggubati Purandareswari	411,009	55.88	+12.96
	TDP	Daggubati Ramanaidu	317,017	43.10	-12.73
	TRS	Chellamalla Venkata Reddy	3,753	0.51
	Independent	Prathipati Srinivasu	2,159	0.29
	Independent	Inaganti Apparao	1,434	0.19
Majority			93,992	12.78
Turnout			735,462	77.50	+11.10
	INC gain from TDP		Swing

General Elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Panabaka Lakshmi	460,757	44.15	-11.73
	TDP	Malyadri Sriram	391,419	37.51	-5.59
	PRP	Nuthakki Rama Rao	144,593	13.85
	BJP	Battula Rosayya	14,370	1.38
	BSP	Dara Sambaiah	8,979	0.86
Majority			69,338	6.64
Turnout			1,043,627	78.96	+1.46
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Bapatla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Malyadri Sriram	578,145	48.80	+11.29
	YSRCP	Varikuti Amruthapani	545,391	46.04
	INC	Panabaka Lakshmi	23,072	1.95
	Pyramid Party of India	Yellamati Ramesh	8,414	0.71
	BSP	Dwarapalli Philipu	8,113	0.68
	AAP	Eda Chennaiah	3,948	0.33
	Jai Samaikyandhra Party	R D Wilson	3,657	0.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,146	0.52
Majority			32,754	2.76
Turnout			1,184,634	85.04	+6.08
	TDP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Guntur district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha