Constituency
26. Anantapur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-ANANTAPUR
INC 47.7%won by 12.3%CPI 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 12.3% to 12.3%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.1% of the vote between them, up from 76.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 55.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,13,025
Turnout
55.4%
Valid votes
6,72,528
Margin
82,398
12.25%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1ANANTHA VENKATARAMI REDDYIndian National Congress · INC3,20,47447.7%
- 2K.RAMAKRISHNACommunist Party of India · CPI2,38,07635.4%
- 3VELURI KESAVA CHOWDARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP93,33913.9%
- 4C. PEDDANNAIndependent · IND9,2731.4%
- 5BANGI SUDARSHANIndependent · IND5,5160.8%
- 6M.ADIL BASHAIndependent · IND2,6620.4%
- 7BELAGALLA RAMESH BABUIndependent · IND1,4300.2%
- 8M.VENKATARAMUDUIndependent · IND1,0850.2%
- 9J. BHEEMALINGAIAHIndependent · IND6730.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −0.1%
- INC share
- 44.6% → 47.7%
- CPI share
- 32.3% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 52.6% → 55.4%