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BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR ANDHRA PRADESH |
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Election to the House of the People, 1998 |
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1. |
No. of Seats |
42 |
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2. |
No. of contestants |
390 |
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3. |
ELECTORS |
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MEN |
WOMEN |
TOTAL |
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i. |
No. of Electors |
24532867 |
24600268 |
49133135 |
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ii |
No. of Voters |
17040185 |
15385469 |
32425654 |
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iii |
Polling percentage |
69.46% |
62.54% |
66.00% |
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4. |
No. of Valid Votes |
31898911 |
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5. |
Votes rejected |
521718 (1.61%) |
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6. |
No. of polling Stations |
60746 |
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7. |
Missing Votes |
5025 |
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8. |
Average No.of Electors per polling station |
809 |
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9.Performance of parties
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PARTY |
No. of candidates |
Seats won |
% of votes polled |
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Indian National Congress |
42 |
22 |
38.46 |
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Samata Party |
5 |
0 |
0.02 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
38 |
4 |
18.30 |
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Communist Party of India |
3 |
2 |
2.56 |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
3 |
0 |
2.89 |
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Janata Dal |
1 |
1 |
0.87 |
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Bahujan Samaj Party |
15 |
0 |
0.21 |
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National Parties |
107 |
29 |
63.31 |
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NTR Telugu Desam Party (LP) |
5 |
0 |
1.20 |
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Shiv Sena |
3 |
0 |
0.01 |
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Samajwadi Party |
5 |
0 |
0.07 |
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Telugu Desam Party |
35 |
12 |
31.97 |
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State Parties |
48 |
12 |
33.25 |
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Registered Parties |
28 |
1 |
1.75 |
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Independents |
207 |
0 |
1.69 |
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State Total |
390 |
42 |
100.00 |