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State:	Andhra Pradesh
Constituency:	Peddapalli (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	721246
Winner: INC	G Venkat Swamy	313498
Runner Up: TDP	Suddala Devaiah	248033
Margin: 65465 (9.36%)

For Congress bigwig G Venkat Swamy it has been three times in a row from 1989. In 1996, however, the story could have been different, for the combined tally of the two TDP factions exceeded his.