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8. Kakinada

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KAKINADA

TDP 42.4%won by 5.3%INC 37.1%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 5.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.5% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 62.5%.

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

Electorate
11,64,878
Turnout
62.5%
Valid votes
7,27,999
Margin
38,499
5.29%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDPINC swing
−0.7%
TDP share
48.9% 42.4%
INC share
42.8% 37.1%
Turnout
59.9% 62.5%