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Andhra Pradesh · PC 18 · 1999

Ongole

Winner — Lok Sabha 1999

Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy
TDP· NDA (NDA)
TDP 49.6%INC 46.8%6 others 3.7%
Votes
3,92,840
50.6% share
Winning margin
21,948
2.8% of votes
Total votes cast
7,92,803
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy
NDA (NDA)
3,92,84050.6%
2
Sreenivasulu Reddy Magunta
3,70,89247.8%
3
Byrapuneni Suryanarayana
ATDP
6,3940.8%
4
Rayapudi Sangeetha Rao
SHSP
3,3550.4%
5
Makineni Venkata Narasimham
1,4570.2%
6
Daggupati Sreedhar
IND
8000.1%
7
Alla Ramachandra Reddy
IND
5250.1%
8
Prasad Babu Kurre
IND
3770.1%

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.

Low turnout (22nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 2.8% · max 39.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
22nd of 25

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 25

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
18th of 25

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 50.6%INC 47.8%OTH 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,53,463
Density
230 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
17,658 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population2.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.1%Muslim 16.6%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.4%
Electricity93.1%
Sanitation40.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.5%
Children fully vaccinated67.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.5%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.6%
Women literate57.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Clean cooking fuel78.1%
Health insurance73.3%

What's nearby?

14 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Allagadda Stone CarvingGI🏺Banaganapalli Mangoes🏺Kodumuru Gadwal Sarees🏺Nandivargam plain towels & plain lungis🏺Stone carved products🏺Yemmiganuru Bedsheets
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A oprominent ranite hillock bearing asoka inscription

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A oprominent ranite hillock bearing asoka inscription

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Gateways and bastions of the old fort, viz, (1) bastion no.1 beach ghantki buruzu (2) bastion no. 2…

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Gateways and bastions of the old fort, viz, (1) bastion no.1 beach ghantki buruzu (2) bastion no. 2 lal bungalow buruzu (3) gateway to gopala darwaja (4) gateway panikiddi

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Inscrijinscribed boulder bearing andhra receords of 150 ad

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Inscrijinscribed boulder bearing andhra receords of 150 ad

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Mausoleum known as abdul wahabn khan's tomb and adjoining buildings

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Mausoleum known as abdul wahabn khan's tomb and adjoining buildings

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Ruined fort and buildings therein except ramzan masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruined fort and buildings therein except ramzan masjid

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Ruined fort and buildings therein except ramzan masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruined fort and buildings therein except ramzan masjid

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Ruined fort and buildings therein except ramzan masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruined fort and buildings therein except ramzan masjid

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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