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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 159 · 1978

Kamalapuram

Winner — 1978

PERLA SIVA REDDY
IND
IND 35.2%JNP 32.9%5 others 31.9%
Votes
25,821
35.2% share
Winning margin
1,720
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
75.4%
of 97,124

A closely fought contest. PERLA SIVA REDDY won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PERLA SIVA REDDY
IND
25,82135.2%
2
VUTUKURU RAMI REDDY
Janata
24,10132.9%
3
RANUVA SEETHARAMAIAH
INC(I)
INC
16,90223.1%
4
NERREDDI SIVARAMI REDDY
Left
4,9336.7%
5
ADAM RAMASUBBA REDDY
IND
7961.1%
6
RAMIAHAGARI VENKATRAMI REDDY
IND
5270.7%
7
DYVAM GOPAL REDDY
IND
1860.3%

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.

A fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.4%
NOT REPORTED
mean 13.7% · min 2.4% · max 36.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.32
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 35.2%JNP 32.9%INC(I) 23.1%CPI 6.7%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,54,296
Density
477 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,807 km²
SC population18.3%
ST population4.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.7%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water64.6%
Electricity92.2%
Sanitation56.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.6%
Children fully vaccinated59.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.1%
Children underweight (under 5)22.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.0%
Women literate77.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.0%
Clean cooking fuel80.3%
Health insurance66.4%

What's nearby?

6 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Angara Sarees🏺Bandaru Lanka Sarees🏺Cashew Kernel🏺Coconut & Coir🏺Dulla Sarees🏺Fruit Based Food Products (Pickles, Mango Jelly, Fruit Pulp, Cashew nuts, Lemon extracts)🏺Kalamkari Block Printing🏺Muramunda Cotton Shirting & Sarees🏺Natural banana fibres🏺Oil & Natural Gas🏺Pasalapudi Sarees🏺Peddapuram Silk Dhotis, Upper and shirtings🏺Pulagurta Clothing Shirting & Sarees🏺Ratnam Pens🏺Shrimp🏷️Uppada Jamdani SareesGI🏺Veeravaram Silk Sarees🏺White Wood Birds
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Golingesvara group of temples kancharagudi temple

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Golingesvara group of temples kancharagudi temple

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Golingesvara group of temples kancharagudi temple

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Golingesvara group of temples kancharagudi temple

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Golingesvara group of temples veerabhadra temple

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Golingesvara group of temples veerabhadra temple

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Golingesvara group of temples, nakkalagudi temple

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Golingesvara group of temples, nakkalagudi temple

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Monolith ganesa image

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Monolith ganesa image

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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