Constituency
268. Ghanpur (Station)
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983
AP-GHANPUR-STATION
INC 41.6%won by 1.3%IND 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 1.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 40.2% — it polled just 1.9% in 1978.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
57,667
Margin
774
1.34%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1GOKA RAMASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC23,97041.6%
- 2PULLA SUDARSHANA RAOIndependent · IND23,19640.2%
- 3ABRAHAM BODDUCommunist Party of India · CPI6,03710.5%
- 4B. KOMURAIAHIndependent · IND2,1543.7%
- 5ADLLA KISTAIAHIndependent · IND8531.5%
- 6GADDAM LINGIAHIndependent · IND8011.4%
- 7PRAKASHIndependent · IND5100.9%
- 8S. RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND1460.3%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −48.3%
- INC share
- 51.6% → 41.6%
- IND share
- 1.9% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- — → —