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20. Nellore

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-NELLORE

INC 40.1%won by 6.3%CPM 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.0% to 6.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 63.5%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,66,301
Turnout
63.5%
Valid votes
7,40,792
Margin
46,527
6.28%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PANABAKA LAKSHMIIndian National Congress · INC2,96,73140.1%
  2. 2BUDURU SWARNALATHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,50,20433.8%
  3. 3KARUPOTHALA BALAKONDAIAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,75,07423.6%
  4. 4GADDAM ARUNDHATISamajwadi Party · SP7,5291.0%
  5. 5JANAKI PRASADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,3611.0%
  6. 6CHENTHATI RAMAIAHIndependent · IND2,1330.3%
  7. 7MATTUPALLI VENUMADHAVIndependent · IND1,3650.2%
  8. 8MOLATHRATI LAKSHMAIAHIndependent · IND3950.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−3.7%
INC share
39.6% → 40.1%
CPM share
29.6% → 33.8%
Turnout
57.5% → 63.5%
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