Constituency
5. Visakhapatnam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-VISAKHAPATNAM
INC 42.2%won by 6.9%TDP 35.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 6.9%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.5% between them, down from 86.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.2% to 64.0%.
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Electorate
13,91,596
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
8,90,170
Margin
61,517
6.91%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SUBBARAMI REDDY.TIndian National Congress · INC3,75,78242.2%
- 2ANANDA GAJAPATHI RAJU PUSAPATITelugu Desam Party · TDP3,14,26535.3%
- 3D.V.SUBBA RAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,95,45222.0%
- 4APPARAO GUDIVADAIndependent · IND1,7570.2%
- 5SANGAMREDDY SURAPPADUIndependent · IND1,5290.2%
- 6GUNTUBOYANA NARAYANA RAOSamajwadi Party · SP1,3850.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–TDP swing
- +6.0%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 42.2%
- TDP share
- 43.0% → 35.3%
- Turnout
- 59.7% → 64.0%