Constituency
278. Madhira
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1983
AP-MADHIRA
INC 45.5%won by 13.3%CPM 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.7% to 13.3%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.8% of the vote between them, up from 68.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
84,216
Margin
11,187
13.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SEELAM SIDDHA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC38,33845.5%
- 2BODEPUDI VENKATESWAR RAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,15132.2%
- 3RAMANADHAM VASIREDDYIndependent · IND17,55920.8%
- 4YADAVALLY RAMANADHA SARMAICJ · ICJ1,1681.4%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −24.8%
- INC share
- 38.1% → 45.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- — → —