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Andhra Pradesh · PC 4 · 2009

Visakhapatnam

Winner — Lok Sabha 2009

DAGGUBATI PURANDESWARI
INC· UPA (UPA)
INC 36.4%PRAP 29.8%13 others 33.7%
Votes
3,68,812
36.4% share
Winning margin
66,686
6.6% of votes
Total votes cast
10,12,261
Candidates
15
Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAGGUBATI PURANDESWARI
UPA (UPA)
3,68,81236.4%
2
PALLA SRINIVASA RAO
PRAP
3,02,12629.9%
3
DR.M.V.V.S.MURTHI
2,23,11722.0%
4
M.T.VENKATESWARALU
LSP
39,3633.9%
5
D.V.SUBBARAO
NDA
30,3363.0%
6
APPARAO GOLAGANA
IND
9,6701.0%
7
I.M.AHMED
8,8380.9%
8
D.BHARATHI
PPOI
5,8960.6%
9
RANGARAJU KALIDINDI
IND
5,7970.6%
10
RAMESH LANKA
BHSASP
5,3470.5%
11
BETHALA KEGIYA RANI
BSP(AP)
3,2970.3%
12
BANDAM VENKATA RAO YADAV
IND
2,6600.3%
13
D.V.RAMANA (VASU MASTER)
TPPP
2,4930.3%
14
YADDANAPUDI RANGARAO
IND
2,3140.2%
15
YALAMANCHILI PRASAD
IND
2,1950.2%

Low turnout (25th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.4% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
25th of 25

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 25

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
25th of 25

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.4%PRAP 29.9%TDP 22.0%OTH 11.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,90,589
Density
384 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,161 km²
SC population7.7%
ST population14.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.7%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water56.3%
Electricity89.7%
Sanitation51.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Children underweight (under 5)33.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.0%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.4%
Clean cooking fuel72.9%
Health insurance64.9%

What's nearby?

9 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Craft🏺Basket Weaving🏺Coffee (Araku)🏺Etikoppaka Lacquerware/Wooden Toys🏺Palm Leaf🏺Payakaraopet Silk Sarees🏺Rock Bee Honey🏺Seafood Cluster

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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