Parliament Election 1996 GEN
Telugu Desam Party
Complete list of candidates who contested from this constituency
In the 1996 Lok Sabha election, Satyanarayana Kaikala of Telugu Desam Party secured victory in the Machilipatnam constituency (Andhra Pradesh) with a margin of 81,507 votes.
Out of 1,002,527 registered electors, 710,399 votes were polled, resulting in a turnout of 70.90%. A total of 23 candidates contested from this constituency. The vote share chart above visualizes how votes were distributed among the candidates.
India uses the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system where the candidate with the most votes wins. The margin percentage indicates how decisive the victory was relative to total votes polled. Explore related constituencies and historical results below.
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