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State: Andhra Pradesh
Constituency: Cuddapah
Total Votes Polled: 767958
Winner: INC Rajasekhara Reddy Y S 368611
Runner Up: TDP Kandula Raja Mohana Reddy 363166
Margin: 5445 (0.72%)

This seat has returned a Reddy to the Lok Sabha all through. Sitting MP Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy -- 'the Tiger of Cuddapah' -- has been voted thrice in a row. In 1996, he won 48.75 % of the votes, but the two TDP factions which contested separately, together polled 48.87 % of the votes.

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