Election
Constituency

62. Bhimavaram

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-BHIMAVARAM

TDP 67.8%won by 38.3%INC 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.8% to 38.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
85,584
Margin
32,815
38.34%

Candidates

6 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1VENKATA NARASIMHA RAJU PENMETSATelugu Desam Party · TDP58,02067.8%
  2. 2BAND NAGENDRA VENKATA RAMESHWARA RAO ALIASIndian National Congress · INC25,20529.5%
  3. 3GANDHI RAJU CHINTALAPATIIndependent · IND1,5561.8%
  4. 4CHANDRA SEKHARA RAO KUKKALAIndependent · IND3310.4%
  5. 5VILLURI PADMA KUMARIIndependent · IND2550.3%
  6. 6KALIDINDI VENKATA SOHARAJUIndependent · IND2170.3%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
−10.4%
TDP share
73.2% → 67.8%
INC share
24.4% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
61. Achanta63. Undi
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