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Constituency

21. Tirupathi

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-TIRUPATHI

INC 38.5%won by 1.2%TDP 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.0% to 1.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.8% between them, down from 85.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
11,87,901
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
7,49,990
Margin
9,346
1.25%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCTDP swing
−5.8%
INC share
46.4% 38.5%
TDP share
39.3% 37.3%
Turnout
61.5% 63.1%