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17. Bapatla

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-BAPATLA

INC 47.3%won by 6.0%TDP 41.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.3% to 47.3% of the vote here (+7.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 81.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
10,69,183
Turnout
62.6%
Valid votes
6,69,535
Margin
40,488
6.05%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
TDP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCTDP swing
+7.3%
INC share
40.3% 47.3%
TDP share
41.5% 41.3%
Turnout
61.9% 62.6%