Election
Constituency

71. Gopalapuram

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-GOPALAPURAM

TDP 65.5%won by 32.3%INC 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.3% to 32.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 93.4% — 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
76,993
Margin
24,868
32.30%

Candidates

6 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1VIVEKANANDA KARUPATITelugu Desam Party · TDP50,44465.5%
  2. 2NAMBURI JHANSI RANIIndian National Congress · INC25,57633.2%
  3. 3KAGITA PRASADIndependent · IND4350.6%
  4. 4NAGESWARA RAO YENGALAIndependent · IND3880.5%
  5. 5VUNDURTHI ASSEERVADA ANANDARAOIndependent · IND780.1%
  6. 6AMHATI SURESH KUMARIndependent · IND720.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
−20.0%
TDP share
72.8% → 65.5%
INC share
20.6% → 33.2%
Turnout
— → —
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