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.

The 1977 Lok Sabha election was held after the Emergency, a period of internal crackdown imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The election resulted in a heavy defeat for the Indian National Congress (R), with Indira Gandhi herself losing her seat in Rae Bareli and her son Sanjay Gandhi losing in Amethi. Morarji Desai of the Janata Party took office as the first non Congress Prime Minister on 24 March 1977.

In North India, the Congress (R) was virtually wiped out, while in stark contrast, it won almost all seats in the South, particularly in Andhra Pradesh. The newly formed Bharatiya Lok Dal – later renamed the Janata Party – managed to win only a single seat in Nandyal, where former Chief Minister Neelam Sanjiva Reddy emerged victorious, though the party finished as runner-up in all other constituencies.

Following the election, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977. However, he resigned from the post within a short time – on 13 July 1977 – and went on to become the President of India, serving from 25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982. List of Candidates ConstituencyBLD+INC1Srikakulam Gouthu Latchanna Rajgopalarao Boddepalli2Parvathipuram (ST) Satya Prasad Thatraj Veeravara Thodarmal Vyrichearla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo3Bobbili Peesapati Pundarikaksha Chari Pusapati Vijayrama Gajapathi Raju4Visakhapatnam Tenneti Viswanathan Dronamraju Satyanarayana5Bhadrachalam (ST) P. Vani Ramanarao Radha Bai Ananda Rao6Anakapalli Chalapathi Rao P. V. Appalanaidu S. R. A. S.7Kakinada Vaddi Mutyalaro Sanjeevi Rao M. S.8Rajahmundry Manthena Venkata Surya Subbaraju Pattabhirama Rao S. B. P.9Amalapuram (SC) B. V. Ramanayya Kusuma Krishna Murty10Narasapur Uddaraju Ramam Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose11Eluru Krishna Murthy Garapati Kommareddy Suryanarayana12Machilipatnam Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao Ankineedu Maganti13Vijayawada Gottipati Murali Mohan Godey Murahari14Tenali Gunturu Bapanaiah Meduri Nageswara Rao15Guntur Kasaraneini Sadasiva Rao Kotha Raghuramaiah16Bapatla Jagarlamudi Chandramouli Ankineedu Prasada Rao Pamulapati17Narasaraopet Illuri Kotireddy Brahmananda Reddy Kasu18Ongole Muppavarapu Venkaiah (Venkaiah Naidu) Puli Venkata Reddy19Nellore (SC) Prappancha Bhanuraju Thummalagunta Kamakshaiah Doddavarapu20Tirupati (SC) Allam Krishnaiah Balakrishnaiah Tambura21Chittoor N. P. Changalraya Naidu P. Rajagopal Naidu22Rajampet P. Thimma Reddy Pothuraju Parthasarathi23Cuddapah Vutukuru Rami Reddy Kandala Obul Reddy24Hindupur K. Ramachandra Reddy P. Bayapa Reddy25Anantapur D. Narayanaswamy Darur Pullaiah26Kurnool Somappa K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy27Nandyal Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Pendakanti Venkata Subbaiah28Nagarkurnool (SC) Puttapaga Padhakrishna Mailala Bheeshma Dev29Mahabubnagar D. K. Satya Reddy J. Rameshwara Rao30Hyderabad Mir Ahmed Ali Khan K. S. Narayana31Secunderabad T. Laxmi Kantamma M. M. Hashim32Siddipet (SC) T. N. Sadalakshmi G. Venkataswamy33Medak Narasimba Reddy Mallikarjun34Nizamabad Gangareddy Mudaganti Ram Gopal Reddy35Adilabad Gopidi Ganga Reddy G. Narsimha Reddy36Peddapalli (SC) Bangaru Lakshman V. Tulsiram37Karimnagar Juvvadi Gautama Rao M. Satyanarayan Rao38Hanamkonda P. Janardhan Reddy P. V. Narasimha Rao39Warangal Jangareddy Chandabatla S. B. Giri40Khammam Yalamanchili Radha Krushna Murthy Jalagam Kondala Rao41Nalgonda Marepalli Jagan Mohan Reddy Mohd. Abdul Lateef42Miryalguda Bhimireddi Narasimha Reddy G. S. Reddy

Voting and results Results by Party Party Name 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 Total 1,67,05,123 100% - 165 42 -

List of MPs won Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1SrikakulamRajgopalarao BoddepalliINC187,12549.12Gouthu LatchannaBLD178,39146.838,7342.292Parvathipuram (ST)Kishore Chandra DeoINC174,45455.00Satya Prasad Thatraj BLD142,71045.0031,74410.003BobbiliPusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi RajuINC171,09551.75Peesapati Pundarikaksha ChariBLD119,50736.1551,58815.604VisakhapatnamDronamraju SatyanarayanaINC171,65751.00Tenneti ViswanathanBLD128,82838.2842,82912.725Bhadrachalam (ST)Radha Bai Ananda RaoINC155,19859.91P. Vani RamanaraoBLD59,23022.8695,96837.056AnakapalliAppalanaidu S. R. A. S.INC199,22854.30Chalapathi Rao P. V.BLD163,29244.5135,9369.797KakinadaSanjeevirao M. S.INC269,01761.89Vaddi MutyalaraoBLD145,74933.53123,26828.368RajahmundryPattabhirama Rao S. B. P.INC292,32361.07Manthena Venkata Surya BLD175,56436.68116,75924.399Amalapuram (SC)Kusuma Krishna MurtyINC271,98264.68B. V. RamanayyaBLD135,99332.34135,98932.3410NarasapurAlluri Subhash Chandra BoseINC256,51955.65Uddaraju RamamCPI(M)142,16230.84114,35724.8111EluruKommareddy SuryanarayanaINC290,41063.62Krishna Murthy GarapatiBLD156,37734.25134,03329.3712MachilipatnamAnkineedu MagantiINC262,55157.48Vadde Sobhanadreswara RaoBLD185,62240.6476,92916.8413VijayawadaGodey MurahariINC239,73352.78Gottipati Murali MohanBLD119,69626.35120,03726.4314TenaliMeduri Nageswara RaoINC244,92855.76Gunturu BapanaiahCPI(M)187,19142.6257,73713.1415GunturKotha RaghuramaiahINC290,91457.43Kasaraneini Sadasiva RaoBLD205,38540.5485,52916.8916BapatlaAnkineedu Prasada Rao PamulapatiINC253,43853.84Jagarlamudi ChandramouliBLD210,49244.7242,9469.1217NarasaraopetBrahmananda Reddy KasuINC246,14658.10Illuri KotireddyBLD158,07537.3188,07120.7918OngolePuli Venkata ReddyINC252,20655.97Venkaiah NaiduBLD162,88136.1489,32519.8319Nellore (SC)Kamakshaiah DoddavarapuINC272,18466.14Prappancha Bhanuraju CPI(M)129,40431.44142,78034.7020Tirupathi (SC)Balakrishnaiah TamburaINC240,39454.56Allam KrishnaiahBLD200,21445.4440,1809.1221ChittoorP. Rajagopal NaiduINC229,25249.98N. P. Changalraya NaiduBLD218,80547.7010,4472.2822RajampetPothuraju ParthasarathiINC233,84454.58P. Thimma ReddyBLD179,29341.8554,55112.7323CuddapahKandala Obul ReddyINC232,35148.84Vutukuru Rami ReddyBLD224,78947.257,5621.5924HindupurP. Bayapa ReddyINC236,79760.76K. Ramachandra ReddyBLD146,76437.6690,03323.1025AnantapurDarur PullaiahINC215,27955.43D. NarayanaswamyBLD173,07144.5742,20810.8626KurnoolKotla Vijaya Bhaskara ReddyINC270,74175.69SomappaBLD71,38519.96199,35655.7327NandyalNeelam Sanjeeva ReddyBLD258,14753.19Pendakanti Venkata SubbaiahINC222,40445.8335,7437.3628Nagarkurnool (SC)Mailala Bheeshma DevINC238,38867.34Puttapaga PadhakrishnaBLD115,62532.66122,76334.6829MahbubnagarJ. Rameshwara RaoINC216,45562.98D. K. Satya ReddyBLD121,96635.4994,48927.4930HyderabadK. S. NarayanaINC156,29546.00Sultan Salahuddin OwaisiIND91,22726.8565,06819.1531SecunderabadM. M. HashimINC160,23048.62T. Laxmi KantammaBLD156,38347.463,8471.1632Siddipet (SC)G. VenkataswamyINC232,37764.21T. N. SadalakshmiBLD129,50735.79102,87028.4233MedakMallikarjunINC239,81367.00Narasimba ReddyBLD96,30326.91143,51040.0934NizamabadMudaganti Ram Gopal ReddyINC252,29170.66GangareddyBLD92,89826.02159,39344.6435AdilabadG. Narsimha ReddyINC167,41057.47Gopidi Ganga ReddyBLD96,24433.0471,16624.4336Peddapalli (SC)V. TulsiramINC209,18765.40Bangaru LakshmanBLD104,11032.55105,07732.8537KarimnagarM. Satyanarayan RaoINC210,34958.83Juvvadi Gautma RaoBLD96,30126.93114,04831.9038HanamkondaP. V. Narasimha RaoINC231,59359.32P. Janardhan ReddyBLD153,91039.4377,68319.8939WarangalS. B. GiriINC251,21165.49Jangareddy ChandabatlaBLD128,58933.52122,62231.9740KhammamJalagam Kondala RaoINC208,61751.30Yalamanchili Radha Krushna MurthyCPI(M)122,62830.1685,98921.1441NalgondaMohd. Abdul LateefINC208,89253.37Marepalli Jagan Mohan ReddyBLD101,85826.03107,03427.3442MiryalgudaG. S. ReddyINC217,43049.40Bhimireddi Narasimha ReddyCPI(M)167,75138.1149,67911.29

See also Elections in Andhra Pradesh

References

External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History