Election
Constituency

115. Ongole

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-ONGOLE

TDP 53.8%won by 9.1%INC 44.8%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 9.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
99,686
Margin
9,024
9.05%

Candidates

9 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1KOTESWARA RAO PONUGUPATITelugu Desam Party · TDP53,65453.8%
  2. 2PASUPULETI MALAKONDAIAH NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC44,63044.8%
  3. 3IRUKUMATI CHINA KONDAIAHIndependent · IND4690.5%
  4. 4KOLA ANYANEYULUIndependent · IND2970.3%
  5. 5NALLURI PURNACHANDRA RAOIndependent · IND2010.2%
  6. 6POTHURI PANDURANGAIAHIndependent · IND1960.2%
  7. 7TADIPARTHI JOHN PRAKASAMUIndependent · IND960.1%
  8. 8SHAIK ABBASIndependent · IND770.1%
  9. 9SHAIK LAL AHAMMADIndependent · IND660.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
−24.7%
TDP share
56.9% → 53.8%
INC share
23.2% → 44.8%
Turnout
— → —
114. Addanki116. Santhanuthalapadu
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