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13. Machilipatnam

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-MACHILIPATNAM

TDP 39.6%won by 11.7%INC 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 11.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 93.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 69.5%.

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

Electorate
10,02,527
Turnout
69.5%
Valid votes
6,96,785
Margin
81,507
11.70%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
TDP
TDPINC swing
+7.2%
TDP share
49.0% 39.6%
INC share
44.5% 27.9%
Turnout
67.0% 69.5%