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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 218 · 1978

Charminar

Winner — 1978

SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI
IND
IND 52.0%JNP 18.1%5 others 30.0%
Votes
30,328
52.0% share
Winning margin
19,782
33.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
61.7%
of 94,604

Charminar is a safe seat — SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI won by 33.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI
IND
30,32852.0%
2
AHMED HUSSAIN
Janata
10,54618.1%
3
MD. AHMED ALI
INC(I)
INC
9,60616.5%
4
BANARSI LAL GUPTA
INC
5,1608.8%
5
MD. OSMAN SHAHEDD
IND
1,9563.4%
6
MOHD. OSMAN
IND
6621.1%
7
RAMCHANDER AGARWAL
IND
930.2%

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
safe
33.9%
NOT REPORTED
mean 37.8% · min 7.5% · max 60.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.39
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
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 52.0%JNP 18.1%INC(I) 16.5%INC 8.8%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

1 location
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
🏛️

Inscribed marble pillar near the gopala temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Inscribed marble pillar near the gopala temple

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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