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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1972Reserved (SC)
Gopalapuram
Winner — 1972
SALI VENKATA RAO
IND
IND 47.6%INC 45.1%4 others 7.3%
Votes
25,859
47.5% share
Winning margin
1,328
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
67.8%
of 80,256
A closely fought contest. SALI VENKATA RAO won with a 2.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SALI VENKATA RAO | IND | 25,859 | 47.5% |
| 2 | TENETI VEERARA GHAVULU | Congress (R) | 24,531 | 45.1% |
| 3 | ERALAPATI VENKANNA | IND | 1,982 | 3.6% |
| 4 | NEELAYYA KARUPATI | Grand Alliance | 1,002 | 1.8% |
| 5 | GARAPATI DHARMARAJU | IND | 643 | 1.2% |
| 6 | PANTHAKANI NARASIMHAMURTY | IND | 364 | 0.7% |
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 (62nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.4% · max 52.3%
How contested is turnout?
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86%
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62nd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.05
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130th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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126th of 175Where does the house stand?
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287 seats · 144 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 47.5%INC 45.1%OTH 7.3%
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.