Constituency
143. Punganur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
AP-PUNGANUR
TDP 63.2%won by 30.1%INC 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedTelugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.9% to 30.1%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- 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
73,774
Margin
22,215
30.11%
Candidates
6 contested · winner TDP- 1NOOTHANAKALVA RAMAKRISHNA REDDYTelugu Desam Party · TDP46,60463.2%
- 2K. PADMAVATHAMMAIndian National Congress · INC24,38933.1%
- 3KANAMAKUNTA DAVIDIndependent · IND1,1551.6%
- 4SULTAN MAHABOOB BASHAIndependent · IND7501.0%
- 5VULAVALA PADDAKRISHNAPPAIndependent · IND5810.8%
- 6KAMPALLE SIVA RAMAIAHIndependent · IND2950.4%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- TDP
- Winner now
- TDP
- TDP–INC swing
- +7.2%
- TDP share
- 51.9% → 63.2%
- INC share
- 29.1% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- — → —