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Constituency

42. Nalgonda

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-NALGONDA

CPI 35.2%won by 2.7%INC 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.6% to 2.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.6% of the vote between them, up from 57.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.7% to 64.2%.

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

Electorate
13,95,535
Turnout
64.2%
Valid votes
8,95,448
Margin
24,455
2.73%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−6.6%
CPI share
33.2% 35.2%
INC share
23.9% 32.4%
Turnout
58.5% 64.2%