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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1978
Cheepurupalli
Winner — 1978
CHIGILIPALLI SYAMALARAO
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 41.5%IND 25.3%3 others 33.3%
Votes
27,943
41.5% share
Winning margin
10,909
16.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.9%
of 95,041
Cheepurupalli is a safe seat — CHIGILIPALLI SYAMALARAO won by 16.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIGILIPALLI SYAMALARAO |  INC(I)INC | 27,943 | 41.5% |
| 2 | AKKALANAIDU TANKALA | IND | 17,034 | 25.3% |
| 3 | RAVUTHU PAIDAPUNAIDU | Janata | 13,083 | 19.4% |
| 4 | KUTCHERLAPATI LAXMIPATHI RAJU | INC | 7,465 | 11.1% |
| 5 | BEVARA VENUGOPALANAIDU | IND | 1,867 | 2.8% |
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.
Low turnout (151st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe16.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.7% · min 3.9% · max 51.1%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
151st of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.94
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
129th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.5%IND 25.3%JNP 19.4%INC 11.1%OTH 2.8%
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.