Elections 98

State:	Andhra Pradesh
Constituency:	Parvathipuram
Total Votes Polled:	604975
Winner: TDP	Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla	299904
Runner Up: INC	Pradeep Kumar Dev Vyricherla	276627
Margin: 23277 (8%)

Elections 96

State:	Andhra Pradesh
Constituency:	Parvathipuram (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	593995
Winner: INC	Pradeep Kumar Dev Vyricherla	231188
Runner Up: TDP	Viswasarai Narasimha Rao	222900
Margin: 8288 (1.43%)

Significantly, Vijaya Ramarau Satruchela, the NTR-TDP nominee, won 100, 835 votes. As the Congress candidate, he had won the seat twice, in 1989 and 1991.