Margani Bharat of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party has won from Rajahmundry Lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Margani defeated Roopa Rammohan Maganti from the Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 1,21,634 votes. The election here was conducted on April 11, 2019 as per the Phase 1 schedule. The constituency number of this place is PC 8. The counting of votes took place on May 23. As per the Election Commission of India a total voter turnout of 81.15 per cent was recorded. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections

Akula Satyanarayana from the JanaSena Party (JSP) and Roopa Rammohan Maganti from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) contested from this constituency.  Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase I: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 11

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Rajahmundry Constituency:

Issue of Notification March 18
Last date for filing nomination March 25
Scrutiny of nomination March 26
Last date for withdrawal of candidature March 28
Date Of Poll April 11
Date of Result May 23

Watch: Details of Phase 1 of Lok Sabha Polls

The last general election in the year 2014 was won by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate Murli Mohan Maganty who bagged the total of 6,30,573 votes and is also the current MP on the seat. The runner up of the election was Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress (YSRC) party candidate Boddu Venkataramana Chowdary with a total of 4,63,139 votes.

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