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242. Adilabad

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

AP-ADILABAD

IND 50.0%won by 8.8%TDP 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 8.8%.

  • New challengerTelugu Desam Party (TDP) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1983.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.2% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
72,292
Margin
6,385
8.83%

Candidates

8 contested · winner IND
  1. 1C. RAMCHANDRA REDDYIndependent · IND36,17050.0%
  2. 2RANGINEI LAXMAN RAOTelugu Desam Party · TDP29,78541.2%
  3. 3PATIL DIGAMBERIndian National Congress · INC3,9345.4%
  4. 4AKTHER HUSSAINIndependent · IND1,5222.1%
  5. 5HANMANTH RAOIndependent · IND3900.5%
  6. 6NARAYANIndependent · IND1990.3%
  7. 7SAYEED MOHD. KHANIndependent · IND1650.2%
  8. 8J. NARAYANIndependent · IND1270.2%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–TDP swing
−33.2%
IND share
42.0% → 50.0%
TDP share
0.0% → 41.2%
Turnout
— → —
241. Boath243. Khanapur
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