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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1978
Rajahmundry
Winner — 1978
TADAVARTHI SATYAVATHI
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 46.9%CPI 26.3%2 others 26.8%
Votes
35,079
46.9% share
Winning margin
15,432
20.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
73.8%
of 1,01,345
Rajahmundry is a safe seat — TADAVARTHI SATYAVATHI won by 20.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TADAVARTHI SATYAVATHI |  INC(I)INC | 35,079 | 46.9% |
| 2 | CHITTURI PRABHAKARA CHOWDARY | Left | 19,647 | 26.3% |
| 3 | G. S. BALAJI DAS ( GURUVUGARI SIMHACHALA BALAJI DAS ) | Left | 19,620 | 26.2% |
| 4 | BHASKAR PATEL ( PATELKHANA BHASKARARAO ) | IND | 414 | 0.6% |
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 (44th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean20.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.8% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
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87%
lowerhigher
44th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 175How much NOTA?
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1.6%
lowerhigher
29th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.9%CPI 26.3%CPM 26.2%OTH 0.6%
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.