Live : Anantapur Assembly Election 2023

The Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency has seven assembly segments-Rayadurg, Uravakonda, Guntakal, Tadpatri, Singanamala, Ananatapur Urban, Kalyandurg-among which the Singanamala is reserved for candidates belonging to scheduled caste category. Voters in Anantapur constituency exercised their franchise on April 11 in the first phase of 17th Lok Sabha election.

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About Anantapur

The Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency has seven assembly segments-Rayadurg, Uravakonda, Guntakal, Tadpatri, Singanamala, Ananatapur Urban, Kalyandurg-among which the Singanamala is reserved for candidates belonging to scheduled caste category. Voters in Anantapur constituency exercised their franchise on April 11 in the first phase of 17th Lok Sabha election.

This time, ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has nominated sitting MP JC Diwakar Reddy's son, JC Pavan Reddy, to defend the seat for the party. JC Pavan Reddy is contesting against 14 other candidates from Anantapur lok sabha seat with a TDP ticket.

In this Congress bastion, TDP has won thrice-1984, 1999 and 2014. Congress has fielded K. Rajivreddy as its MP candidate.

In the last election, held in 2014, TDP emerged victorious by a margin of 61,269 defeating YSR Congress party candidate and four-time elected MP Anantha Venkatarami Reddy.

While Talari Rangaiah is the YSR Congress party candidate, CPI has nominated D. Jagadeesh for the seat. Hamsa Devineni is contesting for the Anantapur seat with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.

Among other contenders are Giddama Ranganayakulu (Viswa Jana Party), P. Radha Krishna (Radical Democrats Party), G. Lalitha (Socialist Unity Centre of India) and M. Venkatesulu (Pyramid Party of India).

Five out of 14 contestants have filed their nomination as independent candidates.

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