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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1972
Podili
Winner — 1972
KATURI NARAYANASWAMY
IND
IND 36.1%INC 35.8%2 others 28.1%
Votes
18,874
36.1% share
Winning margin
125
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
64.2%
of 81,500
Podili was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 125 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KATURI NARAYANASWAMY | IND | 18,874 | 36.1% |
| 2 | S. M. GHOUSE | Congress (R) | 18,749 | 35.8% |
| 3 | GUJJULA SARALADEVI | Left | 13,302 | 25.4% |
| 4 | PACHA PRAKASAM | IND | 1,393 | 2.7% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (77th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 0.2% · max 27.3%
How contested is turnout?
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85%
lowerhigher
77th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 175How much NOTA?
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1.0%
lowerhigher
65th of 175Where does the house stand?
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287 seats · 144 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 36.1%INC 35.8%CPI 25.4%OTH 2.7%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2014. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2014, so they are not shown for earlier elections.