Election
Constituency

166. Penukonda

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-PENUKONDA

TDP 54.7%won by 9.5%INC 45.3%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.0% to 9.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
79,382
Margin
7,516
9.47%

Candidates

2 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1S. RAMACHANDRA REDDYTelugu Desam Party · TDP43,44954.7%
  2. 2G. VEERANNAIndian National Congress · INC35,93345.3%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDPINC swing
−32.3%
TDP share
60.6% 54.7%
INC share
18.9% 45.3%
Turnout