Election
Constituency

225. Zahirabad

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-ZAHIRABAD

INC 49.7%won by 6.3%TDP 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 6.3%.

  • New challengerTelugu Desam Party (TDP) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1983.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 83.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
78,773
Margin
4,951
6.29%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1M. BAGAREDDYIndian National Congress · INC39,15549.7%
  2. 2R. DASHARATHAREDDYTelugu Desam Party · TDP34,20443.4%
  3. 3SHANKARAPPAIndependent · IND2,2482.9%
  4. 4SYED RASHEEDIndependent · IND1,7642.2%
  5. 5CHAKRAVARTHYIndependent · IND4380.6%
  6. 6K. VENKATESHAMIndependent · IND3850.5%
  7. 7BIDEKANNA VEERSANGAPPAIndependent · IND3460.4%
  8. 8SYED KAREEMIndependent · IND1730.2%
  9. 9KJAJA FAROOQ HUSSAINIndependent · IND600.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–TDP swing
−42.6%
INC share
48.9% → 49.7%
TDP share
0.0% → 43.4%
Turnout
— → —
224. Sangareddy226. Narayankhed
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