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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1978
Karwan
Winner — 1978
SHIV LAL
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 37.3%IND 27.4%5 others 35.2%
Votes
17,242
37.3% share
Winning margin
4,565
9.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
54.6%
of 84,593
A clear win with a 9.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIV LAL |  INC(I)INC | 17,242 | 37.3% |
| 2 | GULAM GHOUSE KHAN | IND | 12,677 | 27.4% |
| 3 | T. N. SADA LAXMI | Janata | 10,138 | 21.9% |
| 4 | D. SRINIVAS RAO | INC | 3,787 | 8.2% |
| 5 | A. A. FAIZI | IND | 1,304 | 2.8% |
| 6 | MOHD. YUSUF KHAN | IND | 671 | 1.4% |
| 7 | MUNEER JAMAL | IND | 373 | 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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.9%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.0% · min 1.9% · max 29.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
SEAT
— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 37.3%IND 27.4%JNP 21.9%INC 8.2%OTH 5.1%
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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bronze Casting🏺Chillies🏺Chirala Silk Sarees🏺Cotton Bags🏷️Durgi Stone CarvingGI🏺Granite Cutting and Polishing🏺Leather Puppets🏷️Mangalagiri Sarees and FabricGI🏺Sattenapalli Bedsheets🏺Spice Products
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.