1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

16–20 March 1977
42 seats
First party Second party   Leader Jalagam Vengala Rao Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Party INC(R) JP Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance Leader's seat Did not contest Nandyala Last election 28 New Seats won 41 1 Seat change 13 New Popular vote 9,582,708 5,400,643 Percentage 57.36% 32.33% Swing 1.63% New
Andhra Pradesh

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 MPs won

Constituency	Member	Party
Adilabad	G. Narsimha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Amalapuram (SC)	Kusuma Krishna Murthy	Indian National Congress
Anakapalli	S. R. A. S. Appala Naidu	Indian National Congress
Anantapur (SC)	Darur Pullaiah	Indian National Congress
Araku (ST)	V. Kishore Chandra Deo	Indian National Congress
Bapatla	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress
Bhadrachalam (ST)	B. Radhabai Ananda Rao	Indian National Congress
Bobbili	Pusapati Vijayram Gajapati Raju	Indian National Congress
Chittoor	P. Rajagopal Naidu	Indian National Congress
Cuddapah	Kandala Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress
Eluru	Kommareddi Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
Guntur	Kotha Raghuramaiah	Indian National Congress
Hindupur	Pamudurthi Bayapa Reddy	Indian National Congress
Hyderabad	K.S. Narayana	Indian National Congress
Kakinada	M.S. Sanjeevi Rao	Indian National Congress
Karimnagar	M. Satyanarayan Rao	Indian National Congress
Khammam	Jalagam Kondala Rao	Indian National Congress
Kurnool	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Machilipatnam	Maganti Ankineedu	Indian National Congress
Mahbubnagar (ST)	Janumpally Rameshwar Rao	Indian National Congress
Medak	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress
Miryalguda	G.S. Reddi	Indian National Congress
Nagarkurnool (SC)	M. Bheeshma Dev	Indian National Congress
Nalgonda	Abdul Lateef	Indian National Congress
Nandyal	Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Janata Party
	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah	Indian National Congress
Narasapur	Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose	Indian National Congress
Narasaraopet	K. Brahmananda Reddi	Indian National Congress
Nellore (SC)	Doddavarapu Kamakshaiah	Indian National Congress
Nizamabad	M. Ram Gopal Reddy	Indian National Congress
Ongole	Puli Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress
Peddapalli (SC)	G. Venkatswamy	Indian National Congress
Rajahmundry (ST)	S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao	Indian National Congress
Rajampet	Pothuraju Parthasarthy	Indian National Congress
Secunderabad	M.M. Hashim	Indian National Congress
Srikakulam	Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao	Indian National Congress
Tenali	Meduri Nageswara Meduri	Indian National Congress
Tirupathi (SC)	Thamburu Balakrishniah	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada	Godey Murahari	Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam	Dronamraju Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Warangal	G. Mallikarjuna Rao	Indian National Congress

Voting and Results

Results by Alliance

INC	SEATS	JNP	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
Indian National Congress	41	BLD	1	CPI(M)	0
				CPI	0
TOTAL (1977)	41	TOTAL (1977)	1	TOTAL (1977)	0
TOTAL (1971)	28	TOTAL (1971)	n/a	TOTAL (1971)	n/a

See also

• Elections in Andhra Pradesh

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History