The 1996 Lok Sabha (Parliament) election in Andhra Pradesh was held to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) from 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state. Indian National Congress emerged as the leading party, winning 22 seats. Telugu Desam Party came second with 16 seats.
A total of 49,501,274 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 31,196,679 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 63.0%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 54,390 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 1,635 votes and the largest margin reaching 214,358 votes.
A total of 5 political parties won at least one seat in this election. India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. The party or coalition winning a majority of Lok Sabha seats forms the central government and appoints the Prime Minister.
Seat data is not available for this selection.
Seat breakdown: Indian National Congress (22), Telugu Desam Party (16), Communist Party Of India (2), All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimoon (1), Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) (1).
Click on any constituency name to view the full candidate-wise breakdown with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and party affiliations.
| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winner | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
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| 1 | 2-Srikakulam | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu | Telugu Desam Party | 983329 | 647219 | 65.80% | 34578 | 5.30% | 1996 |
| 2 | 4-Visakhapatnam | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | T. Subbarami Reddi | Indian National Congress | 1394475 | 849194 | 60.90% | 7459 | 0.90% | 1996 |
| 3 | 5-Anakapalli | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Ayyanna Paurudu Chintakayala | Telugu Desam Party | 1037055 | 701725 | 67.70% | 50172 | 7.10% | 1996 |
| 4 | 6-Kakinada | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Gopalakrishna Thota | Telugu Desam Party | 1164878 | 745143 | 64.00% | 38499 | 5.20% | 1996 |
| 5 | 7-Amalapuram | SC | Andhra Pradesh | K.S.R Murthy | Indian National Congress | 908492 | 637642 | 70.20% | 29131 | 4.60% | 1996 |
| 6 | 8-Rajahmundry | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Chitturi Ravindra | Indian National Congress | 1120483 | 769949 | 68.70% | 95166 | 12.40% | 1996 |
| 7 | 9-Narasapuram | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Kothapalli Subbarayudu (PEDABABU) | Telugu Desam Party | 1020648 | 723415 | 70.90% | 17626 | 2.40% | 1996 |
| 8 | 10-Eluru | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Bolla Buli Ramaiah | Telugu Desam Party | 1118637 | 795079 | 71.10% | 1635 | 0.20% | 1996 |
| 9 | 11-Machilipatnam | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Satyanarayana Kaikala | Telugu Desam Party | 1002527 | 710399 | 70.90% | 81507 | 11.50% | 1996 |
| 10 | 12-Vijayawada | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Upendra Parvathaneni | Indian National Congress | 1351063 | 893440 | 66.10% | 114274 | 12.80% | 1996 |
| 11 | 13-Guntur | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Rayapati Samba Siva Rao | Indian National Congress | 1270532 | 745023 | 58.60% | 68499 | 9.20% | 1996 |
| 12 | 14-Narasaraopet | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Saidaiah Kota | Telugu Desam Party | 1274459 | 728500 | 57.20% | 18958 | 2.60% | 1996 |
| 13 | 15-Bapatla | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Ummareddy Venkateswarlu | Telugu Desam Party | 1073890 | 675719 | 62.90% | 8262 | 1.20% | 1996 |
| 14 | 16-Ongole | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Parvathamma Magunta | Indian National Congress | 1184978 | 765305 | 64.60% | 50060 | 6.50% | 1996 |
| 15 | 17-Nandyal | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | P.V.Narasimha Rao | Indian National Congress | 1123150 | 740886 | 66.00% | 98530 | 13.30% | 1996 |
| 16 | 18-Kurnool | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy | Indian National Congress | 1149138 | 712995 | 62.10% | 32819 | 4.60% | 1996 |
| 17 | 19-Anantapur | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Anantha Venkatarami Reddy | Indian National Congress | 1214517 | 656251 | 54.00% | 78859 | 12.00% | 1996 |
| 18 | 20-Hindupur | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | S.Ramachandra Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | 1171708 | 714646 | 61.00% | 172422 | 24.10% | 1996 |
| 19 | 21-Kadapa | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Rajasekhara Reddy Y.S. | Indian National Congress | 1152736 | 767958 | 66.60% | 5445 | 0.70% | 1996 |
| 20 | 22-Nellore | SC | Andhra Pradesh | Panabaka Lakshmi | Indian National Congress | 1182875 | 700857 | 59.30% | 68185 | 9.70% | 1996 |
| 21 | 23-Tirupati | SC | Andhra Pradesh | Nelavala Subrahmanyam | Indian National Congress | 1208638 | 758791 | 62.80% | 52332 | 6.90% | 1996 |
| 22 | 24-Rajampet | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Annaiahgari Sai Prathap | Indian National Congress | 984399 | 590161 | 60.00% | 50392 | 8.50% | 1996 |
| 23 | 25-Chittoor | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | N.Ramakrishna Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | 1132837 | 811110 | 71.60% | 61350 | 7.60% | 1996 |
| 24 | 385-Adilabad | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | S. Venugopala Chary | Telugu Desam Party | 1072962 | 687157 | 64.00% | 37360 | 5.40% | 1996 |
| 25 | 386-Peddapalle | SC | Andhra Pradesh | G. Venkat Swamy | Indian National Congress | 1308342 | 721246 | 55.10% | 65465 | 9.10% | 1996 |
| 26 | 387-Karimnagar | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Lgandula Ramana | Telugu Desam Party | 1243641 | 700484 | 56.30% | 51761 | 7.40% | 1996 |
| 27 | 388-Nizamabad | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Atmacharan Reddy | Indian National Congress | 1134641 | 698512 | 61.60% | 43599 | 6.20% | 1996 |
| 28 | 390-Medak | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | M. Baaga Reddy | Indian National Congress | 1228169 | 787529 | 64.10% | 27489 | 3.50% | 1996 |
| 29 | 392-Secunderabad | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Rajeshwar Rao P.V. | Indian National Congress | 1691418 | 877169 | 51.90% | 214358 | 24.40% | 1996 |
| 30 | 393-Hyderabad | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi | All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimoon | 1498515 | 949560 | 63.40% | 73273 | 7.70% | 1996 |
| 31 | 395-Mahbubnagar | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Mallikarjun | Indian National Congress | 1243625 | 744665 | 59.90% | 5498 | 0.70% | 1996 |
| 32 | 396-Nagarkurnool | SC | Andhra Pradesh | M. Jagannath | Telugu Desam Party | 1196561 | 782603 | 65.40% | 76375 | 9.80% | 1996 |
| 33 | 397-Nalgonda | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Bommagani Dharma Bixam | Communist Party Of India | 1427026 | 851118 | 59.60% | 71757 | 8.40% | 1996 |
| 34 | 399-Warangal | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Ajmeera Chandulal | Telugu Desam Party | 1118768 | 756120 | 67.60% | 17440 | 2.30% | 1996 |
| 35 | 401-Khammam | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Veerabhadram Tammineni | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1232719 | 895441 | 72.60% | 63291 | 7.10% | 1996 |
| 36 | 544-Siddipet | SC | Andhra Pradesh | Yellaiah Nandi | Indian National Congress | 1576387 | 930352 | 59.00% | 87967 | 9.50% | 1996 |
| 37 | 545-Hanamkonda | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | M. Kamaluddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress | 1113889 | 584307 | 52.50% | 75570 | 12.90% | 1996 |
| 38 | 546-Miriyalaguda | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Narsimha Reddy Baddam | Indian National Congress | 1267248 | 846166 | 66.80% | 43876 | 5.20% | 1996 |
| 39 | 547-Tenali | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Sarada Tadiparthi | Telugu Desam Party | 961992 | 632237 | 65.70% | 36488 | 5.80% | 1996 |
| 40 | 548-Parvathipuram | ST | Andhra Pradesh | Pradeep Kumar Dev Vyricherla | Indian National Congress | 914919 | 593995 | 64.90% | 8288 | 1.40% | 1996 |
| 41 | 549-Bhadrachalam | ST | Andhra Pradesh | Sode Ramaiah | Communist Party Of India | 1102108 | 676585 | 61.40% | 27408 | 4.10% | 1996 |
| 42 | 550-Bobbili | GEN | Andhra Pradesh | Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu | Telugu Desam Party | 942900 | 640026 | 67.90% | 20967 | 3.30% | 1996 |
Data-driven analysis of the 1996 Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha election results, covering competitiveness, candidate performance, and voter behaviour.
The victory margin is the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the runner-up. A constituency with a margin under 5,000 votes is considered closely fought. The average margin in Andhra Pradesh 1996 was 54,390 votes.
The 10 parliamentary constituencies decided by the narrowest margins.
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
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Candidates receiving less than one-sixth (16.67%) of valid votes forfeit their security deposit. A high forfeiture rate indicates a party fielded candidates in constituencies with little voter support.
NOTA (None of the Above) allows voters to reject all candidates. When NOTA votes exceed the victory margin, it signals significant voter dissatisfaction.
| Constituency | NOTA Votes | Win Margin | NOTA > Margin? |
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Parliament. Members of Parliament (MPs) are directly elected by voters in their respective parliamentary constituencies through universal adult suffrage.
Andhra Pradesh is divided into 42 parliamentary constituencies. The constituencies are categorized as: GEN (34 seats), SC (6 seats), ST (2 seats). SC and ST reserved constituencies ensure representation for historically marginalized communities.
India follows the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins the seat. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).