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Constituency

23. Rajampet

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-RAJAMPET

INC 45.4%won by 7.9%TDP 37.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.7% to 7.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.8% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 63.4%.

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

Electorate
9,56,628
Turnout
63.4%
Valid votes
6,06,110
Margin
47,896
7.90%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCTDP swing
−0.8%
INC share
48.4% 45.4%
TDP share
39.7% 37.5%
Turnout
58.9% 63.4%