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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 255 · 1978
Choppadandi
Winner — 1978
NAYALAO KONDA SRIPATHI RAO
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 40.9%INC 31.2%5 others 27.9%
Votes
26,311
40.9% share
Winning margin
6,257
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
61.9%
of 1,03,915
A clear win with a 9.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAYALAO KONDA SRIPATHI RAO |  INC(I)INC | 26,311 | 40.9% |
| 2 | KRISHNA REDDY MUDUGANTI | INC | 20,054 | 31.2% |
| 3 | UMMENTULA JALPATHI REDDY | Janata | 10,511 | 16.4% |
| 4 | GOLIPELLI VENKATIAH | IND | 4,490 | 7.0% |
| 5 | GURRAM RAJESHWAR REDDY | IND | 1,754 | 2.7% |
| 6 | JERUPOTHULA MALLESHAM | IND | 883 | 1.4% |
| 7 | VENDALA CHANDRIAH | IND | 266 | 0.4% |
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 (64th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 1.7% · max 59.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
86%
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64th of 175How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 175How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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137th of 175Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 40.9%INC 31.2%JNP 16.4%IND 7.0%OTH 4.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,53,463
Density
230 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
17,658 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population2.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.1%Muslim 16.6%Other 1.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.4%
Electricity93.1%
Sanitation40.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.5%
Children fully vaccinated67.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.5%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.6%
Women literate57.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Clean cooking fuel78.1%
Health insurance73.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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