Constituency
258. Metpalli
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985
AP-METPALLI
BJP 22.9%won by 0.6%IND 22.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.2% between them, down from 61.3% — the field split more ways.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 372 votes (0.57%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered5 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
65,503
Margin
372
0.57%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1CHENNAMANENI VIDYASAGAR RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,98622.9%
- 2KOMIREDDY RAMULUIndependent · IND14,61422.3%
- 3MIRYALA KISHAN RAOIndependent · IND13,83221.1%
- 4VARDINENI VENKATESHWAR RAOIndian National Congress · INC12,68819.4%
- 5BARLA PEDA SAYABUIndependent · IND4,0866.2%
- 6M. GOVARDHAN REDDYIndependent · IND1,9222.9%
- 7POTHU BHUMAIAHIndependent · IND1,4652.2%
- 8DONGARI BASWAIAHIndependent · IND1,0011.5%
- 9GUNDETI LAXMINARAYANIndependent · IND9091.4%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–IND swing
- +4.5%
- BJP share
- 20.3% → 22.9%
- IND share
- 24.2% → 22.3%
- Turnout
- — → —