Andhra Pradesh · AC 178

Bhimavaram

Name: Bhimavaram
Address: Andhra Pradesh, IN

Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 1978

109,457

Electors

80,504

Votes polled

73.55%

Turnout

15,230

Margin

Winner

Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju Won Male	INC(I)	41,295	51.30%
2	Mentay Padamanabham Male	JnP	26,065	32.38%
3	Nachu Venkatramaiah Male	INC	10,448	12.98%
4	Gudapati Daniel Male	IND	1,486	1.85%
5	Luther Nanneti Male	IND	617	0.77%
6	Bhupathiraju Bangarraju Male	IND	593	0.74%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2014	Ramanjaneyulu Male TDP	51.61%	Pulaparthi (anji Babu) Grandhi Srinivas Male YSRCP	43.81%
2009	Ramanjaneyulu Male INC	40.40%	Pulaparthi (anjibabu) Vegesna Suryanarayana Male PRAP	26.42%
2004	Grandhi Srinivas Male INC	—	Venkata Narasimharaju Male TDP	—
1999	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penmetsa Male TDP	62.39%	Vegiraju Rama Krishnam Raju (ashramam Doctor) Male INC	34.59%
1994	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatsa Male TDP	53.03%	Kamala Kanta Kasturi Bhupathiraju Female INC	46.17%
1989	Alluri Subhas Chandra Bose Male INC	51.05%	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatsa Male TDP	47.83%
1985	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penmetsa Male TDP	67.79%	Band Nagendra Venkata Rameshwara Rao Alias Male INC	29.45%
1983	Venkata Narasimha Raju Penumatcha Male IND	73.15%	Ramakrishnam Raju Vegiraju Male INC	24.37%
1978	Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju Male INC(I)	51.30%	Mentay Padamanabham Male JnP	32.38%
1972	B Vijaya Kumar Raju Male INC	47.98%	Venkartamaraju Yerakaraju Male IND	41.79%
1967	B. V. Raju Male IND	52.89%	N. Venkatramayya Male INC	37.60%