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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1978
Bheemunipatnam
Winner — 1978
DATLA JAGANNADHA RAJU
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 52.7%INC 20.3%3 others 26.9%
Votes
34,758
52.7% share
Winning margin
21,355
32.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.3%
of 96,472
Bheemunipatnam is a safe seat — DATLA JAGANNADHA RAJU won by 32.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATLA JAGANNADHA RAJU |  INC(I)INC | 34,758 | 52.7% |
| 2 | DEVI KUMARA SOMA SUNDRA SURYANARAYANA RAJU | INC | 13,403 | 20.3% |
| 3 | APPALA NARASIMHA RAJU K. S. | Janata | 8,385 | 12.7% |
| 4 | MOKARA NARAYANA RAO | IND | 6,936 | 10.5% |
| 5 | KILARI POTHAM NAIDU | IND | 2,421 | 3.7% |
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 (171st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe32.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 25.3% · min 0.2% · max 55.8%
How contested is turnout?
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66%
lowerhigher
171st of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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153rd of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 52.7%INC 20.3%JNP 12.7%IND 10.5%OTH 3.7%
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.