Constituency
48. Kakinada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
AP-KAKINADA
TDP 62.2%won by 28.0%INC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedTelugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.2% to 28.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Safe seatTelugu Desam Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
79,019
Margin
22,096
27.96%
Candidates
3 contested · winner TDP- 1MOOTHA GOPALAKRISHNATelugu Desam Party · TDP49,18062.2%
- 2SEETHARAMAIAH POTHULAIndian National Congress · INC27,08434.3%
- 3K. DURRANIIndependent · IND2,7553.5%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- TDP
- Winner now
- TDP
- TDP–INC swing
- −35.3%
- TDP share
- 79.0% → 62.2%
- INC share
- 15.8% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —