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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 110 · 1978
Chilakaluripet
Winner — 1978
SAMBAIAH SOMEPALLI
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 52.6%JNP 30.9%3 others 16.5%
Votes
42,392
52.6% share
Winning margin
17,463
21.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.4%
of 1,16,057
Chilakaluripet is a safe seat — SAMBAIAH SOMEPALLI won by 21.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMBAIAH SOMEPALLI |  INC(I)INC | 42,392 | 52.6% |
| 2 | BHIMIREDDY SUBBA REDDY | Janata | 24,929 | 30.9% |
| 3 | PAVULURI VENKATESWARLU | INC | 11,726 | 14.6% |
| 4 | BATCHU RAMALINGAMU | IND | 853 | 1.1% |
| 5 | PETER PAUL CHUKKA | IND | 686 | 0.8% |
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 (13th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean21.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.1% · max 27.7%
How contested is turnout?
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89%
lowerhigher
13th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.07
fewer partiesmore parties
120th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.8%
lowerhigher
116th 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) 52.6%JNP 30.9%INC 14.6%OTH 1.9%
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.