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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 271 · 1978

Shyampet

Winner — 1978

JANGA REDDI CHANDUPATLA
JNP· Janata
JNP 42.3%INC(I) 41.3%3 others 16.4%
Votes
26,457
42.3% share
Winning margin
582
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.6%
of 87,481

Shyampet was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 582 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JANGA REDDI CHANDUPATLA
Janata
26,45742.3%
2
DHARMA REDDY PINGILI
INC(I)
INC
25,87541.3%
3
DANGILI ODELU
INC
6,87211.0%
4
SHANKARA RAO NAIKOTI
IND
2,7494.4%
5
K. NARASIMHA REDDY
IND
6471.0%

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 (88th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.7% · min 0.6% · max 64.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
88th of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
87th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 42.3%INC(I) 41.3%INC 11.0%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,81,148
Density
213 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
19,130 km²
SC population14.3%
ST population3.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.2%Muslim 10.9%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water85.3%
Electricity93.4%
Sanitation36.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated81.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.5%
Women literate63.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.3%
Clean cooking fuel86.4%
Health insurance73.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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