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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 52 · 1978

Alamuru

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Winner — 1978

S. VENKATA REDDY
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 49.2%JNP 41.6%5 others 9.1%
Votes
42,372
49.2% share
Winning margin
6,537
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
81.3%
of 1,05,938

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S. VENKATA REDDY
INC(I)
INC
42,37249.2%
2
S. B. P. B. K. SATYANARAYANA RAO
JNP
Janata
35,83541.6%
3
PALACHERLA PANASARAMANNA
CPI
Left
5,5596.5%
4
D. VIRUPAKSHAM
IND
7000.8%
5
VEEDHI VENKATRAO
IND
6890.8%
6
K. KOTAIAH
IND
5580.7%
7
MEKA SURYACHANDRA PATTABHI RAMARAO
IND
3580.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (82nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.7% · max 32.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
82nd of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
77th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.2%JNP 41.6%CPI 6.5%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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