Constituency
272. Parkal
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983
AP-PARKAL
INC 40.3%won by 11.2%BJP 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.2% to 11.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here 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
64,861
Margin
7,295
11.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SAMMAIAH BOCHUIndian National Congress · INC26,14040.3%
- 2JAYAPAL V.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,84529.1%
- 3BOJJAPALLI RAJAOAHIndependent · IND16,21125.0%
- 4DAMODAR GUNTILKD · LKD3,6655.7%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −33.2%
- INC share
- 44.5% → 40.3%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- — → —