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Constituency

20. Nellore

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-NELLORE

INC 39.6%won by 10.0%CPM 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.6% to 10.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.2% between them, down from 83.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 57.5%.

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

Electorate
11,82,875
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
6,80,230
Margin
68,185
10.02%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−35.7%
INC share
45.7% 39.6%
CPM share
0.0% 29.6%
Turnout
55.1% 57.5%