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State:	Andhra Pradesh
Constituency:	Anakapalli
Total Votes Polled:	701725
Winner: TDP	Ayyanna Purudu Chintakayala	327290
Runner Up: INC	Konathala Ramakrishna	277118
Margin: 50172 (7.36%)

Malla Sambasiva Rao, the NTR-TDP nominee, won 45,986 votes while the BJP's Gottumukkala Srihari Raju won 19,880 votes. Ramakrishna, the losing Congress candidate, had won the seat in 1989 and 1991. The TDP had won this seat in 1984.