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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 48 · 1978
Kakinada
Winner — 1978
MALLADI SWAMY
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 49.4%JNP 33.8%6 others 16.8%
Votes
37,258
49.4% share
Winning margin
11,756
15.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
68.2%
of 1,10,642
Kakinada is a safe seat — MALLADI SWAMY won by 15.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MALLADI SWAMY |  INC(I)INC | 37,258 | 49.4% |
| 2 | KATHA JANARDHANA RAO | Janata | 25,502 | 33.8% |
| 3 | C. V. K. RAO | IND | 8,235 | 10.9% |
| 4 | I. B. RAMAKRISHNA RAO | INC | 2,802 | 3.7% |
| 5 | BEERAKA SUBRAMANYAM | IND | 503 | 0.7% |
| 6 | GURRAM KAMESWARAO | IND | 500 | 0.7% |
| 7 | AHMED ALI MOHAMMAD | IND | 412 | 0.6% |
| 8 | MALLAMPALLI SREE RAM | IND | 239 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (31st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe15.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 3.6% · max 63.2%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
lowerhigher
31st of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
145th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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109th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.4%JNP 33.8%IND 10.9%OTH 5.9%
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.