Kadapa is the most sought-after and politically vibrant constituency this election season in the State. It comprises Badvel (SC), Kadapa, Pulivendla, Kamalapuram, Jammalamadugu, Proddatur, and Mydukur Assembly segments of Andhra Pradesh. Cousins Y.S. Sharmila and Avinash Reddy are pitted against each other by Congress and YSRCP. Though this Lok Sabha constituency had once been a stronghold of the Communist Party of India, it later became the citadel of the YSR family. Between 1989 and 1998, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, from the Congress, was elected thrice to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa. His brother, Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, was then Kadapa MP for two terms. Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was elected from the seat in 2009 and in 2012 bypoll.In 2014 and 2019, his cousin, Y.S. Avinash Reddy, won the seat. Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy was murdered in 2019 at his ancestral home at Pulivendula in Kadapa district. His daughter Suneeta Reddy, who has been accusing Avinash Reddy for her father's murder, is now supporting Sharmila.
YSRCP won 3 times and INC won 1 times since 2009 elections.
| 2024 | YSRCP 45.78% | TDP 41% |
| 2019 | YSRCP 63.79% | TDP 32.79% |
| 2014 | YSRCP 55.97% | TDP 40.12% |
| 2009 | INC 52.87% | TDP 35.44% |
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