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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 247 · 1978Reserved (SC)

Chinnur

Winner — 1978

C. NARAYANA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 49.8%JNP 23.2%3 others 27.0%
Votes
25,476
49.8% share
Winning margin
13,598
26.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.2%
of 89,457

Chinnur is a safe seat — C. NARAYANA won by 26.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C. NARAYANA
INC(I)
INC
25,47649.8%
2
VOTARIKARI PRABAHKAR
Janata
11,87823.2%
3
TAGARAM VENKATY
INC
11,22321.9%
4
CHINTHALA SURYANARAYANA
IND
2,2764.5%
5
VONDRA DHARMAJI
IND
3060.6%

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.

Average turnout (132nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
26.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.7% · min 1.2% · max 48.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
132nd of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
34th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
112th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.8%JNP 23.2%INC 21.9%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,82,469
Density
188 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
15,359 km²
SC population16.2%
ST population2.6%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 83.0%Muslim 15.8%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.0%
Electricity95.5%
Sanitation44.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.4%
Children fully vaccinated83.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.4%
Children underweight (under 5)26.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Women literate63.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.6%
Clean cooking fuel94.3%
Health insurance73.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Applique Work🏺Barytes & Barium Compounds🏺Cotton / Jean Pants🏺Madhavaram Sarees🏺Mandanapalle Silk Sarees🏺Prodattur Raw (Kora) Silk Shirting🏺Raja Rani Dolls🏺Red Sander & Wood Carvings🏺Vonipenta Brass

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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