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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1978
Sampara
Winner — 1978
VENKATRAMANA MATTA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 46.6%JNP 26.1%4 others 27.3%
Votes
36,120
46.6% share
Winning margin
15,887
20.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
74.7%
of 1,03,737
Sampara is a safe seat — VENKATRAMANA MATTA won by 20.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VENKATRAMANA MATTA |  INC(I)INC | 36,120 | 46.6% |
| 2 | MADADHA JOHN APPARAO | Janata | 20,233 | 26.1% |
| 3 | CHERUKUVADA VENKATRATNAM | INC | 11,027 | 14.2% |
| 4 | SWAMY | IND | 7,719 | 10.0% |
| 5 | PALIKA APPARAO | IND | 1,928 | 2.5% |
| 6 | GARIMELLA JANAKI RAMAYYA | IND | 467 | 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 (56th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe20.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 0.4% · max 44.8%
How contested is turnout?
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86%
lowerhigher
56th of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.97
fewer partiesmore parties
155th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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124th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.6%JNP 26.1%INC 14.2%IND 10.0%OTH 3.1%
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.