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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1978
Sathivada
Winner — 1978
SAMBIASIVARAJU PENUMATCHA
INC· INC
INC 51.8%JNP 20.0%2 others 28.3%
Votes
35,935
51.8% share
Winning margin
22,082
31.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
79.1%
of 87,812
Sathivada is a safe seat — SAMBIASIVARAJU PENUMATCHA won by 31.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMBIASIVARAJU PENUMATCHA | INC | 35,935 | 51.8% |
| 2 | BAIREDDY SURYANARAYANA | Janata | 13,853 | 19.9% |
| 3 | GULLIPALLI VENKAT RAO | IND | 12,617 | 18.2% |
| 4 | SRIRAMULU NAIDU SHUNKARI |  INC(I)INC | 7,022 | 10.1% |
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.
Low turnout (163rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe31.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 23.9% · min 1.8% · max 56.9%
How contested is turnout?
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70%
lowerhigher
163rd of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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120th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.8%JNP 19.9%IND 18.2%INC(I) 10.1%
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.