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State:	Andhra Pradesh
Constituency:	Khammam
Total Votes Polled:	895441
Winner: CPM	Veerabhadram Tammineni	374675
Runner Up: INC	P V Rangaiah Naidu	311384
Margin: 63291 (7.23%)

The Communists, who had come runner-up three times in 1984, 1989 and 1991, finally captured this seat in 1996 with T Veerabhadram of the CPI-M defeating Congress MP Rangaiah Naidu.