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1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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Field	Value
election_name	1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
previous_year	1971
next_election	1980 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
next_year	1980
election_date	16–20 March 1977
seats_for_election	42 seats
image1
leader1	Jalagam Vengala Rao
party1	Indian National Congress (R)
alliance1	Congress alliance
leaders_seat1	Did not contest
seats1	41
seat_change1	13
popular_vote1	9,582,708
percentage1	57.36%
swing1	1.63%
image2
leader2	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
leaders_seat2	Nandyala
party2	Janata Party
alliance2	Janata alliance
seats2	1
seat_change2	New
popular_vote2	5,400,643
percentage2	32.33%
swing2	New
map_image	Andhra Pradesh in India (1956-2014).png
map_size	200px
map_caption	Andhra Pradesh
last_election1	28
last_election2	New
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Indira Gandhi
before_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Morarji Desai
after_party	Janata Party

The 1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (R) which won 41 out of 42 seats.

List of Candidates

Constituency	INC	2
Bharatiya Lok Dal}}	Indian National Congress}}
Srikakulam	Gouthu Latchanna	Rajgopalarao Boddepalli
Parvathipuram (ST)	Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal	Vyrichearla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo
Bobbili	Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari	Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju
Visakhapatnam	Tenneti Viswanathan	Dronamraju Satyanarayana
Bhadrachalam (ST)	P. Vani Ramanarao	Radha Bai Ananda Rao
Anakapalli	Chalapathi Rao P. V.	Appalanaidu S. R. A. S.
Kakinada	Vaddi Mutyalaro	Sanjeevi Rao M. S.
Rajahmundry	Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju	Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P.
Amalapuram (SC)	B. V. Ramanayya	Kusuma Krishna Murty
Narasapur	Uddaraju Ramam	Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose
Eluru	Krishna Murthy Garapati	Kommareddy Suryanarayana
Machilipatnam	Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao	Ankineedu Maganti
Vijayawada	Gottipati Murali Mohan	Godey Murahari
Tenali	Gunturu Bapanaiah	Meduri Nageswara Rao
Guntur	Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao	Kotha Raghuramaiah
Bapatla	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli	Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati
Narasaraopet	Illuri Kotireddy	Brahmananda Reddy Kasu
Ongole	Muppavarapu Venkaiah (Venkaiah Naidu)	Puli Venkata Reddy
Nellore (SC)	Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta	Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu
Tirupati (SC)	Allam Krishnaiah	Balakrishnaiah Tambura
Chittoor	N. P. Changalraya Naidu	P. Rajagopal Naidu
Rajampet	P. Thimma Reddy	Pothuraju Parthasarathi
Cuddapah	Vutukuru Rami Reddy	Kandala Obul Reddy
Hindupur	K. Ramachandra Reddy	P. Bayapa Reddy
Anantapur	D. Narayanaswamy	Darur Pullaiah
Kurnool	Somappa	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Nandyal	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah
Nagarkurnool (SC)	Puttapaga Padhakrishna	Mailala Bheeshma Dev
Mahabubnagar	D. K. Satya Reddy	J. Rameshwara Rao
Hyderabad	Mir Ahmed Ali Khan	K. S. Narayana
Secunderabad	T. Laxmi Kantamma	M. M. Hashim
Siddipet (SC)	T. N. Sadalakshmi	G. Venkataswamy
Medak	Narasimba Reddy	Mallikarjun
Nizamabad	Gangareddy	Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy
Adilabad	Gopidi Ganga Reddy	G. Narsimha Reddy
Peddapalli (SC)	Bangaru Lakshman	V. Tulsiram
Karimnagar	Juvvadi Gautama Rao	M. Satyanarayan Rao
Hanamkonda	P. Janardhan Reddy	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Warangal	Jangareddy Chandabatla	S. B. Giri
Khammam	Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy	Jalagam Kondala Rao
Nalgonda	Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy	Mohd. Abdul Lateef
Miryalguda	Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy	G. S. Reddy

Voting and results

Results by Party

Popular vote	Seats	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won
INC	95,82,708	57.36	1.63	42	41	13
BLD	54,00,643	32.33	New	37	1	1
CPI(M)	7,86,719	4.71	1.89	6	0	1
CPI	4,46,044	2.67	3.27	10	0	1
Others	18,991	0.11		3	0
IND	4,70,018	2.81	5.40	67	0	1

List of MPs won

Constituency	Winner	Margin	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	1
Srikakulam	Rajgopalarao Boddepalli	INC	187,125	49.12	Gouthu Latchanna	BLD	178,391	46.83	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8,734	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	2.29
Parvathipuram (ST)	Kishore Chandra Deo	INC	174,454	55.00	Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal	BLD	142,710	45.00	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	31,744	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10.00
Bobbili	Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju	INC	171,095	51.75	Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari	BLD	119,507	36.15	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	51,588	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	15.60
Visakhapatnam	Dronamraju Satyanarayana	INC	171,657	51.00	Tenneti Viswanathan	BLD	128,828	38.28	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	42,829	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	12.72
Bhadrachalam (ST)	Radha Bai Ananda Rao	INC	155,198	59.91	P. Vani Ramanarao	BLD	59,230	22.86	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	95,968	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	37.05
Anakapalli	Appalanaidu S. R. A. S.	INC	199,228	54.30	Chalapathi Rao P. V.	BLD	163,292	44.51	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	35,936	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	9.79
Kakinada	Sanjeevirao M. S.	INC	269,017	61.89	Vaddi Mutyalarao	BLD	145,749	33.53	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	123,268	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	28.36
Rajahmundry	Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P.	INC	292,323	61.07	Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju	BLD	175,564	36.68	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	116,759	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.39
Amalapuram (SC)	Kusuma Krishna Murty	INC	271,982	64.68	B. V. Ramanayya	BLD	135,993	32.34	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	135,989	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	32.34
Narasapur	Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose	INC	256,519	55.65	Uddaraju Ramam	CPI(M)	142,162	30.84	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	114,357	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.81
Eluru	Kommareddy Suryanarayana	INC	290,410	63.62	Krishna Murthy Garapati	BLD	156,377	34.25	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	134,033	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	29.37
Machilipatnam	Ankineedu Maganti	INC	262,551	57.48	Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao	BLD	185,622	40.64	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	76,929	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	16.84
Vijayawada	Godey Murahari	INC	239,733	52.78	Gottipati Murali Mohan	BLD	119,696	26.35	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	120,037	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	26.43
Tenali	Meduri Nageswara Rao	INC	244,928	55.76	Gunturu Bapanaiah	CPI(M)	187,191	42.62	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	57,737	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	13.14
Guntur	Kotha Raghuramaiah	INC	290,914	57.43	Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao	BLD	205,385	40.54	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	85,529	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	16.89
Bapatla	Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati	INC	253,438	53.84	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli	BLD	210,492	44.72	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	42,946	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	9.12
Narasaraopet	Brahmananda Reddy Kasu	INC	246,146	58.10	Illuri Kotireddy	BLD	158,075	37.31	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	88,071	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	20.79
Ongole	Puli Venkata Reddy	INC	252,206	55.97	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Alias Venkaiah Naidu	BLD	162,881	36.14	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	89,325	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	19.83
Nellore (SC)	Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu	INC	272,184	66.14	Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta	CPI(M)	129,404	31.44	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	142,780	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	34.70
Tirupathi (SC)	Balakrishnaiah Tambura	INC	240,394	54.56	Allam Krishnaiah	BLD	200,214	45.44	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	40,180	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	9.12
Chittoor	P. Rajagopal Naidu	INC	229,252	49.98	N. P. Changalraya Naidu	BLD	218,805	47.70	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10,447	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	2.28
Rajampet	Pothuraju Parthasarathi	INC	233,844	54.58	P. Thimma Reddy	BLD	179,293	41.85	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	54,551	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	12.73
Cuddapah	Kandala Obul Reddy	INC	232,351	48.84	Vutukuru Rami Reddy	BLD	224,789	47.25	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	7,562	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	1.59
Hindupur	P. Bayapa Reddy	INC	236,797	60.76	K. Ramachandra Reddy	BLD	146,764	37.66	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	90,033	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	23.10
Anantapur	Darur Pullaiah	INC	215,279	55.43	D. Narayanaswamy	BLD	173,071	44.57	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	42,208	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10.86
Kurnool	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	INC	270,741	75.69	Somappa	BLD	71,385	19.96	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	199,356	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	55.73
Nandyal	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	BLD	258,147	53.19	Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah	INC	222,404	45.83	Bharatiya Lok Dal}} ; color:white;"	35,743	Bharatiya Lok Dal}} ; color:white;"	7.36
Nagarkurnool (SC)	Mailala Bheeshma Dev	INC	238,388	67.34	Puttapaga Padhakrishna	BLD	115,625	32.66	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	122,763	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	34.68
Mahbubnagar	J. Rameshwara Rao	INC	216,455	62.98	D. K. Satya Reddy	BLD	121,966	35.49	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	94,489	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	27.49
Hyderabad	K. S. Narayana	INC	156,295	46.00	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	IND	91,227	26.85	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	65,068	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	19.15
Secunderabad	M. M. Hashim	INC	160,230	48.62	T. Laxmi Kantamma	BLD	156,383	47.46	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	3,847	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	1.16
Siddipet (SC)	G. Venkataswamy	INC	232,377	64.21	T. N. Sadalakshmi	BLD	129,507	35.79	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	102,870	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	28.42
Medak	Mallikarjun	INC	239,813	67.00	Narasimba Reddy	BLD	96,303	26.91	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	143,510	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	40.09
Nizamabad	Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy	INC	252,291	70.66	Gangareddy	BLD	92,898	26.02	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	159,393	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	44.64
Adilabad	G. Narsimha Reddy	INC	167,410	57.47	Gopidi Ganga Reddy	BLD	96,244	33.04	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	71,166	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.43
Peddapalli (SC)	V. Tulsiram	INC	209,187	65.40	Bangaru Lakshman	BLD	104,110	32.55	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	105,077	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	32.85
Karimnagar	M. Satyanarayan Rao	INC	210,349	58.83	Juvvadi Gautma Rao	BLD	96,301	26.93	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	114,048	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	31.90
Hanamkonda	P. V. Narsimha Rao	INC	231,593	59.32	P. Janardhan Reddy	BLD	153,910	39.43	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	77,683	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	19.89
Warangal	S. B. Giri	INC	251,211	65.49	Jangareddy Chandabatla	BLD	128,589	33.52	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	122,622	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	31.97
Khammam	Jalagam Kondala Rao	INC	208,617	51.30	Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy	CPI(M)	122,628	30.16	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	85,989	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	21.14
Nalgonda	Mohd. Abdul Lateef	INC	208,892	53.37	Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy	BLD	101,858	26.03	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	107,034	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	27.34
Miryalguda	G. S. Reddy	INC	217,430	49.40	Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy	CPI(M)	167,751	38.11	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	49,679	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	11.29

References

"Past Election Results".

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