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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.