Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency (Telugu: చిత్తూరు లోక సభ నియోజకవర్గం) is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India. This constituency is presently reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes^[1]

Assembly segments

Chittoor constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments^[1]:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
285	Chandragiri	None
289	Nagari	None
290	Gangadhara Nellore	SC
291	Chittoor	None
292	Puthalapattu	SC
293	Palamaner	None
294	Kuppam	None

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	T. N. Viswanatha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62	Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	N. G. Ranga	Swatantra Party
Fourth	1967-71	N. P. Chengalraya Naidu	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-77	P. Narasimha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	P. Rajagopal Naidu	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	P. Rajagopal Naidu	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	N. P. Jhansi Lakshmi	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989-91	M. Gnanendra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	M. Gnanendra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Thirteenth	1999-04	Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy	Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth	2004-2009	D.K. Audikesavulu	Telugu Desam Party
Fifteenth	2009-Incumbent	Naramalli Sivaprasad	Telugu Desam Party

Election results

General Election, 2004: Chittoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	D.K. Audikesavulu	454,128	51.84	+1.66
	Congress	Dr Ravuri Venkata Swamy	391,990	44.75	-3.20
	Independent	S Sahadeva Reddy	10,431	1.19
	TRS	A Malla Rao	10,258	1.17
	Independent	D A Nagaraju	5,532	0.63
	Independent	Shaik Jeelani Basha	3,653	0.41
Majority			62,138	7.09	+4.86
Turnout			875,992	74.90	+0.02
	TDP hold		Swing	+1.66

See also

• Chittoor district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 32. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf.