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258. Metpalli

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1989

AP-METPALLI

BJP 49.5%won by 6.8%INC 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 6.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.2% of the vote between them, up from 45.2% — 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
83,247
Margin
5,654
6.79%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1CH. VIDYA SAGAR RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,22149.5%
  2. 2MIRYALA KISHAN RAOIndian National Congress · INC35,56742.7%
  3. 3KAKI LAXMA REDDYIndependent · IND4,0944.9%
  4. 4B. MOHAN RAJIndependent · IND1,2191.5%
  5. 5THOTA RATNAKARIndependent · IND6010.7%
  6. 6BOKKENAPALLI GANGADHARIndependent · IND3920.5%
  7. 7ELLALA HANMANDLUIndependent · IND1530.2%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+3.3%
BJP share
22.9% → 49.5%
INC share
19.4% → 42.7%
Turnout
— → —
257. Buggaram259. Sircilla
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