Election
Constituency

56. Kothapeta

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-KOTHAPETA

TDP 39.0%won by 1.8%IND 37.2%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.2% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).

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
78,408
Margin
1,397
1.78%

Candidates

7 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1I. S. RAJUTelugu Desam Party · TDP30,56339.0%
  2. 2CHIRLA SOMA SUNDARA REDDYIndependent · IND29,16637.2%
  3. 3KOSURI RAMAKRISHNAM RAJUIndian National Congress · INC17,93622.9%
  4. 4BANDARU BHASKARA RAOIndependent · IND2600.3%
  5. 5K. MENAKSHIIndependent · IND1760.2%
  6. 6SESHAVATHARAM SALADIIndependent · IND1570.2%
  7. 7CHOLLANGI SURYANARAYANAIndependent · IND1500.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–IND swing
−33.7%
TDP share
54.2% → 39.0%
IND share
18.7% → 37.2%
Turnout
— → —
55. Amalapuram57. Nagaram
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