Constituency
77. Vijayawada West
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
AP-VIJAYAWADA-WEST
CPI 50.2%won by 7.1%INC 43.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 7.1%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 34.6% to 50.2% of the vote here (+15.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,02,187
Margin
7,301
7.14%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPI- 1UPPALAPATI RAMACHANDRA RAJUCommunist Party of India · CPI51,24950.2%
- 2M. K. BAIGIndian National Congress · INC43,94843.0%
- 3DOGIPARTI SRINIVASA RAOIndependent · IND5,2215.1%
- 4SALAGALA NAGAVALLIIndependent · IND5600.5%
- 5BETHA SANKARA RAOIndependent · IND3570.3%
- 6BANDI ABRAHAMIndependent · IND2200.2%
- 7CHILAMKURI DURGA RAMASUBBA RAOIndependent · IND2140.2%
- 8SAROJINI NADAKUDITIIndependent · IND2030.2%
- 9GUDIPUDI RADHA KRISHNA SARMAIndependent · IND1480.1%
- 10PRATURI PETER BABUIndependent · IND670.1%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +0.6%
- CPI share
- 34.6% → 50.2%
- INC share
- 28.0% → 43.0%
- Turnout
- — → —