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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 100 · 1978
Guntur-I
Winner — 1978
ESWARA RAO LINGAMSETTY
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 51.1%JNP 31.7%9 others 17.2%
Votes
40,901
51.1% share
Winning margin
15,560
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
71.8%
of 1,11,383
Guntur-I is a safe seat — ESWARA RAO LINGAMSETTY won by 19.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESWARA RAO LINGAMSETTY |  INC(I)INC | 40,901 | 51.1% |
| 2 | ABDULLA KHAN MOHAMMAD | Janata | 25,341 | 31.7% |
| 3 | KANAPARTHI NAGAYYA | Left | 9,342 | 11.7% |
| 4 | MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN | INC | 3,215 | 4.0% |
| 5 | GUDIVADA JAYARAMU | IND | 420 | 0.5% |
| 6 | GUDDETI KRISHNA | IND | 185 | 0.2% |
| 7 | NAZEER SHEIK | IND | 178 | 0.2% |
| 8 | MANDRU JOSEPH VARA PRASAD | IND | 175 | 0.2% |
| 9 | LAKKAVARAPU ADILAKSHMI | IND | 101 | 0.1% |
| 10 | VIJYA RAMANUJAM | IND | 68 | 0.1% |
| 11 | JONNALAGADDA JOSHI | IND | 61 | 0.1% |
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 (73rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 1.7% · max 44.5%
How contested is turnout?
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85%
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73rd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.07
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118th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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108th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 51.1%JNP 31.7%CPI 11.7%OTH 5.5%
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.