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Andhra Pradesh · PC 7 · 1996

Kakinada

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

GOPALAKRISHNA THOTA
TDP· United Front
TDP 41.4%INC 36.2%19 others 22.4%
Votes
3,08,480
42.4% share
Winning margin
38,499
5.3% of votes
Total votes cast
7,45,143
Candidates
21
Seat history

All Candidates

21 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOPALAKRISHNA THOTA
3,08,48042.4%
2
THOTA SUBBA RAO
2,69,98137.1%
3
CHIKKALA RAMACHANDRARAO
NTRTDP(LP)
1,22,14916.8%
4
B.S.R. KRISHNA
12,7511.8%
5
MURTHY NAINALASETTY
CPI(ML)(L)
5,0290.7%
6
SENAPATI LOKABAANDAVARAO
IND
1,2760.2%
7
VENKATARAJU JYOTULA
IND
1,2480.2%
8
BADUGU SURYA NARAYANA MURTY
IND
1,0140.1%
9
SEPENI SURYARAO
IND
8240.1%
10
PATTAMATTA RAGHU RAMA RAO
IND
7360.1%
11
P. SUNDARAYYA YADAV
7140.1%
12
DOKIBURRA RAJA RAO
IND
6500.1%
13
GIDLA SIMHACHALAM
IND
6060.1%
14
CHANDRAKANTH DODLA
IND
4450.1%
15
C. SUBHASH
AIIC(T)
4100.1%
16
GURRAM KAMESWA RAO
IND
4060.1%
17
KUNCHE APPARAO
IND
3610.1%
18
EEGALA BALA KRISHNA RAO
IND
3520.1%
19
N. VENKANNABABU(GUPTA)(DAS PRAKASH BABU)
IND
2300.0%
20
DUNDA SUBBARAJU
IND
1750.0%
21
DIMMALA NAGESWARA RAO
IND
1620.0%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (7th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 3.2% · max 81.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
7th of 25

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 25

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
13th of 25

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 42.4%INC 37.1%NTRTDP(LP) 16.8%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,54,296
Density
477 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,807 km²
SC population18.3%
ST population4.1%

Figures are for East Godavari, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water64.6%
Electricity92.2%
Sanitation56.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.6%
Children fully vaccinated59.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.1%
Children underweight (under 5)22.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.0%
Women literate77.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.0%
Clean cooking fuel80.3%
Health insurance66.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Angara Sarees🏺Bandaru Lanka Sarees🏺Cashew Kernel🏺Coconut & Coir🏺Dulla Sarees🏺Fruit Based Food Products (Pickles, Mango Jelly, Fruit Pulp, Cashew nuts, Lemon extracts)🏺Kalamkari Block Printing🏺Muramunda Cotton Shirting & Sarees🏺Natural banana fibres🏺Oil & Natural Gas🏺Pasalapudi Sarees🏺Peddapuram Silk Dhotis, Upper and shirtings🏺Pulagurta Clothing Shirting & Sarees🏺Ratnam Pens🏺Shrimp🏷️Uppada Jamdani SareesGI🏺Veeravaram Silk Sarees🏺White Wood Birds
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Bhimesvara temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Bhimesvara temple

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Mounds containing buddhist remains such as stupas

🏛️MonumentASI

Mounds containing buddhist remains such as stupas

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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