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218. Charminar

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983

AP-CHARMINAR

IND 64.1%won by 41.0%BJP 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 33.9% to 41.0%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1978.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.1% of the vote between them, up from 70.0% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
79,191
Margin
32,506
41.05%

Candidates

7 contested · winner IND
  1. 1SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWASIIndependent · IND50,72464.1%
  2. 2ASHOK KUMAR C.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,21823.0%
  3. 3BALA POCHAIAHIndian National Congress · INC6,7048.5%
  4. 4AHMED ABDUL WAHEEDIndependent · IND3,1314.0%
  5. 5RAJARAM SASTRY PANDITIndependent · IND1640.2%
  6. 6BABULAL GUPTAIndependent · IND1610.2%
  7. 7R. M. MANOHARIndependent · IND890.1%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–BJP swing
−10.9%
IND share
52.0% → 64.1%
BJP share
0.0% → 23.0%
Turnout
— → —
217. Chandrayangutta219. Medchal
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