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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1972
Bapatla
Winner — 1972
PRABHAKARA RAO KONA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 49.8%IND 46.4%1 others 3.8%
Votes
33,314
49.8% share
Winning margin
2,289
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
72.3%
of 92,516
A closely fought contest. PRABHAKARA RAO KONA won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRABHAKARA RAO KONA | Congress (R) | 33,314 | 49.8% |
| 2 | SESHAGIRIRAO MUPPALANENI | IND | 31,025 | 46.4% |
| 3 | GURAVAREDDI VALI | Grand Alliance | 2,531 | 3.8% |
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.
High turnout (30th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.2% · max 39.3%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
lowerhigher
30th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 175How much NOTA?
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0.5%
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163rd 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
INC 49.8%IND 46.4%OTH 3.8%
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.