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6. Bhadrachalam

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BHADRACHALAM

CPI 39.1%won by 8.8%INC 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.2% to 8.8%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 61.6%.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,93,137
Turnout
61.6%
Valid votes
6,72,943
Margin
59,440
8.83%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1RAMAIAH SODECommunist Party of India · CPI2,63,14139.1%
  2. 2KARREDDULA KAMALA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC2,03,70130.3%
  3. 3SETTI LAKSHMANUDUNTRTDPLP · NTRTDPLP1,21,61518.1%
  4. 4KURASAM SUBBA RAOIndependent · IND50,3147.5%
  5. 5KECHELA RANGA REDDIIndependent · IND25,1853.7%
  6. 6MURLA YERRAYYA REDDYIndependent · IND5,2520.8%
  7. 7GORLE VINOD CHANDIndependent · IND3,7350.6%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
+4.6%
CPI share
37.7% → 39.1%
INC share
33.5% → 30.3%
Turnout
59.0% → 61.6%
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