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56. Kothapeta

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983

AP-KOTHAPETA

IND 54.2%won by 28.2%INC 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 28.2%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 1.2% to 54.2% of the vote here (+53.1%).
  • Safe seatIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
73,536
Margin
20,702
28.15%

Candidates

5 contested · winner IND
  1. 1CHIRLA SOMASUNDARA REDDYIndependent · IND39,88754.2%
  2. 2KOSURI RAMAKRISHNAM RAJUIndian National Congress · INC19,18526.1%
  3. 3BANDARU SATYANARAYANA MURTHYIndependent · IND13,76918.7%
  4. 4MATTAPARTHI PULLAIAH SETTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4880.7%
  5. 5ADDANKI SATYANARAYANAIndependent · IND2070.3%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+65.2%
IND share
1.2% → 54.2%
INC share
38.2% → 26.1%
Turnout
— → —
55. Amalapuram57. Nagaram
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