Election
Constituency

44. Prathipadu

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-PRATHIPADU

TDP 69.4%won by 52.8%INC 16.6%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.2% to 52.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.0% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatTelugu Desam Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
78,310
Margin
41,329
52.78%

Candidates

7 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1MUDRANGADA PADMANABHAMTelugu Desam Party · TDP54,35469.4%
  2. 2SAMPARA SUNDARA RAMA KUMARIndian National Congress · INC13,02516.6%
  3. 3PILLA RAMAKRISHNA KOTESWARA RAOIndependent · IND6,4918.3%
  4. 4SOMARAJU PALLAIndependent · IND3,2744.2%
  5. 5VENKATARAMANA RAVURIIndependent · IND4440.6%
  6. 6PULAGAPURI GANGARAJUIndependent · IND4200.5%
  7. 7VENKATARAYUDU VALLAMREDDYIndependent · IND3020.4%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
+34.6%
TDP share
58.4% → 69.4%
INC share
40.2% → 16.6%
Turnout
— → —
43. Peddapuram45. Tuni
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