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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1972
Kankipadu
Winner — 1972
AKKINENI BHASKRA RAO
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.0%CPI 28.8%4 others 24.3%
Votes
28,111
47.0% share
Winning margin
10,895
18.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.9%
of 84,413
Kankipadu is a safe seat — AKKINENI BHASKRA RAO won by 18.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AKKINENI BHASKRA RAO | Congress (R) | 28,111 | 47.0% |
| 2 | YNENI LAKSHMAN SWAMY | Left | 17,216 | 28.8% |
| 3 | DONTIREDDI SUBBA REDDI | IND | 10,755 | 18.0% |
| 4 | BANARUPALLI PRABHU DASU | IND | 1,925 | 3.2% |
| 5 | CHAKKA VENKATA SUBBA RAO | IND | 1,117 | 1.9% |
| 6 | S R VEERAMACHANENI | Grand Alliance | 715 | 1.2% |
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.
Low turnout (170th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean18.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 2.0% · max 29.4%
How contested is turnout?
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67%
lowerhigher
170th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.02
fewer partiesmore parties
143rd of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
130th of 175Where does the house stand?
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287 seats · 144 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.0%CPI 28.8%IND 18.0%OTH 6.3%
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.