Election
Constituency

230. Balkonda

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-BALKONDA

TDP 59.5%won by 24.4%INC 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.1% to 24.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 83.8% — 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
68,499
Margin
16,733
24.43%

Candidates

8 contested · winner TDP
  1. 1G. MADHUSUDHAN REDDYTelugu Desam Party · TDP40,77959.5%
  2. 2G. PRAMILA DEVIIndian National Congress · INC24,04635.1%
  3. 3A. KISHAN GOUDIndependent · IND1,2791.9%
  4. 4GADDAM SRINIVASREDDYIndependent · IND8631.3%
  5. 5PALBU RAJAIndependent · IND6681.0%
  6. 6S. NARSAGOUDIndependent · IND6100.9%
  7. 7SANGEM JOHNIndependent · IND1630.2%
  8. 8KAMBOLI GAGADHARIndependent · IND910.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDP–INC swing
−18.7%
TDP share
63.4% → 59.5%
INC share
20.3% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
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