Election
Constituency

34. Medak

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-MEDAK

INC 34.1%won by 2.1%BJP 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.6% to 2.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.1% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 64.6%.

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

Electorate
12,21,385
Turnout
64.6%
Valid votes
7,88,862
Margin
16,480
2.09%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−15.5%
INC share
37.4% 34.1%
BJP share
19.9% 32.0%
Turnout
62.3% 64.6%