Election
Constituency

40. Rajahmundry

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-RAJAHMUNDRY

TDP 53.7%won by 8.2%INC 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.9% to 8.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — 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
88,270
Margin
7,239
8.20%

Candidates

9 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1BUTCHAIAR CHOUDHARY GORANTLATelugu Desam Party · TDP47,40453.7%
  2. 2A. C. Y. REDDYIndian National Congress · INC40,16545.5%
  3. 3MADHUSUDHANA RAO EDIBILLIIndependent · IND2000.2%
  4. 4RAMU ANILBOYINAIndependent · IND1450.2%
  5. 5SOMABATHULA JANARDANA RAOIndependent · IND1190.1%
  6. 6VENKATA RAO NAKKAIndependent · IND710.1%
  7. 7N. SATYANARAYANAIndependent · IND670.1%
  8. 8SATYANARAYANA KROVVIDIIndependent · IND600.1%
  9. 9SURYANARAYANA CHOLLIIndependent · IND390.0%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
−37.7%
TDP share
62.5% → 53.7%
INC share
16.5% → 45.5%
Turnout
— → —
39. Burugupudi41. Kadiam
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