Constituency
17. Bapatla
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-BAPATLA
TDP 52.1%won by 6.2%INC 46.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which now leads by 6.2%.
- TDP vote shareTDP went from 0.0% to 52.1% of the vote here (+52.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 68.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,17,197
Turnout
68.2%
Valid votes
5,57,115
Margin
34,420
6.18%
Candidates
11 contested · winner TDP- 1CHIMATA SAMBUTelugu Desam Party · TDP2,90,49252.1%
- 2RAJESWARA RAO MADDIRALAIndian National Congress · INC2,56,07246.0%
- 3KOTAMRAJU CHALLAGALIIndependent · IND2,1110.4%
- 4RONDA SURYANARAYANA REDDYIndependent · IND1,8700.3%
- 5DAGGUBATI CHOWDARIIndependent · IND1,6730.3%
- 6HARIBABU RAYANAIndependent · IND1,2270.2%
- 7THANNIRU VENKATESWARA RAOIndependent · IND1,2070.2%
- 8WAYIDULA BAIGIndependent · IND7900.1%
- 9POTHINI VENKATADRIIndependent · IND7660.1%
- 10KOTHA SREEKRISHNAIndependent · IND6040.1%
- 11BAPIREDDY CHINNA CHENNAREDDYIndependent · IND3030.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- TDPflipped
- TDP–INC swing
- +6.2%
- TDP share
- 0.0% → 52.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 46.0%
- Turnout
- 62.7% → 68.2%