Anantapur is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Rayalaseema of Andhra Pradesh and is located in South India. Anantapur Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 63.83%. There are 15,36,894 voters of which 7,75,506 are male and 7,61,243 are female and 145 voters of the third gender.
J C Divakar Reddi of TDP (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating YSRCP. TDP polled 6,06,509 of the total of 12,05,054 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Anantapur goes to the polls in the 1st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 78.87%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 19 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,36,894 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,75,506 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,61,243 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TDP | INC |
| Turnout % | 78.87% | 70.95% |
| Margin of Victory | 61,991 | 77,921 |
| Margin of Victory % | 5.14% | 7.78% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TDP | INC |
| Turnout % | 78.87% | 70.95% |
| Margin of Victory | 61,991 | 77,921 |
| Margin of Victory % | 5.14% | 7.78% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | 695208 | 51.79% | Talari RangaiahWinner |
| TDP | 553780 | 41.26% | J. C. Pavan Reddy |
| INC | 30079 | 2.24% | K. Rajivreddy |
| CPI | 20294 | 1.51% | D. Jagadeesh |
| NOTA | 16466 | 1.23% | Nota |
| BJP | 7604 | 0.57% | Hamsa Devineni |
| IND | 4398 | 0.33% | S.V.P. Yadav |
| IND | 3588 | 0.27% | P. Rangaiah |
| IND | 3237 | 0.24% | Somanath Deshmukh |
| IND | 2066 | 0.15% | Vadde Kasinath |
| IND | 1691 | 0.13% | L. Rangaiah |
| RDP | 1220 | 0.09% | P. Radha Krishna |
| PPOI | 1048 | 0.08% | M. Venkatesulu |
| SUCI | 899 | 0.07% | G. Lalitha |
| VJP | 728 | 0.05% | Giddama Ranganayakulu |
