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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1978

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Winner — 1978

GUDIVADA APPANNA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 41.4%CPM 27.0%5 others 31.5%
Votes
28,895
41.5% share
Winning margin
10,047
14.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
68.1%
of 1,02,350

A clear win with a 14.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GUDIVADA APPANNA
INC(I)
INC
28,89541.5%
2
GANGADHARA REDDI SABBELLA
CPM
Left
18,84827.0%
3
POTHINA SANYASI RAO
CPI
Left
16,67823.9%
4
GURUMURTHY REDDY GORUSU
IND
2,9984.3%
5
JEENAPATI SURYANARAYANA
IND
9681.4%
6
KOTNI SATYANARAYANA
IND
7691.1%
7
BONU LAKSHMANA RAO
IND
5580.8%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (66th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.6% · max 38.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
66th of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
14th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.5%CPM 27.0%CPI 23.9%OTH 7.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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