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State:	Andhra Pradesh
Constituency:	Hanamkonda
Total Votes Polled:	584307
Winner: INC	M Kamaluddin Ahmed	218256
Runner Up: TDP	Baswa Reddy Adaboina	142686
Margin: 75570 (13.39%)

P V Narasimha Rao represented this constituency in 1977 and 1980, before losing to the BJP in 1984, at the height of the Rajiv wave. His colleague Kamaluddin Ahmed regained it in 1989, and has retained it since. Again, in 1996, the combined tally of the two TDP factions outstrip the Congress's by far.