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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 212 · 1978
Malakpet
Winner — 1978
KANDALA PRABHAKAR REDDY
JNP· Janata
JNP 40.9%INC(I) 39.1%11 others 20.0%
Votes
25,400
40.9% share
Winning margin
1,121
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
60.4%
of 1,02,859
Malakpet was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,121 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KANDALA PRABHAKAR REDDY | Janata | 25,400 | 40.9% |
| 2 | B. SAROJINI PULLA REDDY |  INC(I)INC | 24,279 | 39.1% |
| 3 | GHULAM YAZDANI | INC | 5,113 | 8.2% |
| 4 | MD. HABIBULLAH | IND | 3,848 | 6.2% |
| 5 | JAMALAPURAM RAJYA LAXMI | IND | 582 | 0.9% |
| 6 | MOHD. ABDUL NAYEEM FAROOQUI | IND | 489 | 0.8% |
| 7 | K. RAMA SARNA | IND | 456 | 0.7% |
| 8 | K. V. REDDY | IND | 417 | 0.7% |
| 9 | PRABHAKAR REDDY PADAMATI | IND | 402 | 0.7% |
| 10 | JANGIR ALI | IND | 395 | 0.6% |
| 11 | MOHD. MAZHERULLAH KHAN | IND | 342 | 0.6% |
| 12 | DHAN RAJ | IND | 243 | 0.4% |
| 13 | MOHD. YOUSUFUDDIN KAISAR | IND | 171 | 0.3% |
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 two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.8%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 14.3% · min 1.2% · max 34.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.94
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
SEAT
— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 40.9%INC(I) 39.1%INC 8.2%IND 6.2%OTH 5.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,87,813
Density
429 / km²
Sex ratio
1003 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,391 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population5.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.3%Muslim 11.4%Other 2.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.4%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.8%
Children underweight (under 5)26.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate68.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance71.1%
What's nearby?
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