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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 51 · 1978
Ramachandrapuram
Winner — 1978
APPARAO PILLI
IND
IND 25.5%JNP 25.2%4 others 49.3%
Votes
19,306
25.5% share
Winning margin
261
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
75.9%
of 99,686
Ramachandrapuram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 261 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APPARAO PILLI | IND | 19,306 | 25.5% |
| 2 | MUDRAGADA VENKASTASWAMY NAIDU | Janata | 19,045 | 25.2% |
| 3 | GADAM KAMLADEVI | INC | 18,764 | 24.8% |
| 4 | D. SATYANARAYANA REDDI |  INC(I)INC | 16,660 | 22.0% |
| 5 | BODAPATI PAPARAO | IND | 1,392 | 1.8% |
| 6 | KATAKAM SATYANANDAM | IND | 452 | 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.
Low turnout (149th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.3% · max 32.7%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
lowerhigher
149th of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
158th of 175How much NOTA?
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1.3%
lowerhigher
41st of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 25.5%JNP 25.2%INC 24.8%INC(I) 22.0%OTH 2.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.