Election
Constituency

24. Visakhapatnam I

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-VISAKHAPATNAM-I

TDP 57.3%won by 15.8%INC 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 57.1% to 15.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.8% of the vote between them, up from 91.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
57,122
Margin
9,038
15.82%

Candidates

6 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1ALLU BHANUMATHITelugu Desam Party · TDP32,74357.3%
  2. 2PALURI SESHUMAMBAIndian National Congress · INC23,70541.5%
  3. 3JAGADEESWARARAO MALLUVALASAIndependent · IND2710.5%
  4. 4RAYAVARAPU KRISHNAMURTYIndependent · IND1550.3%
  5. 5GUTAKALA NARASIMHA MURTYIndependent · IND1530.3%
  6. 6NARAYANA MURTY PATRUDU SUKHAVASILKD · LKD950.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
−41.3%
TDP share
74.1% → 57.3%
INC share
16.9% → 41.5%
Turnout
— → —
23. Bhimli25. Visakhapatnam Ii
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