Election
Constituency

143. Punganur

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-PUNGANUR

TDP 63.2%won by 30.1%INC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
73,774
Margin
22,215
30.11%

Candidates

6 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1NOOTHANAKALVA RAMAKRISHNA REDDYTelugu Desam Party · TDP46,60463.2%
  2. 2K. PADMAVATHAMMAIndian National Congress · INC24,38933.1%
  3. 3KANAMAKUNTA DAVIDIndependent · IND1,1551.6%
  4. 4SULTAN MAHABOOB BASHAIndependent · IND7501.0%
  5. 5VULAVALA PADDAKRISHNAPPAIndependent · IND5810.8%
  6. 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
— → —
142. Kuppam144. Madanapalle
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