Constituency
274. Bhadrachalam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983
AP-BHADRACHALAM
CPM 37.0%won by 4.5%IND 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 4.5%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Multi-cornered4 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
60,554
Margin
2,745
4.53%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1YERRAIAH REDDI MURLACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,41637.0%
- 2ASWAPATHI YETTIIndependent · IND19,67132.5%
- 3TURRAM PODIYAN DORAICJ · ICJ8,56714.1%
- 4VANI RAMANA RAO PETHALAIndian National Congress · INC8,20513.5%
- 5ALAM LAXMAIAHIndependent · IND1,6952.8%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −31.5%
- CPM share
- 36.0% → 37.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —