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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1978
Palacole
Winner — 1978
VARDHINEEDI SATYANARAYANA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 47.0%INC 28.2%2 others 24.8%
Votes
32,762
47.0% share
Winning margin
13,063
18.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
75.0%
of 93,089
Palacole is a safe seat — VARDHINEEDI SATYANARAYANA won by 18.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VARDHINEEDI SATYANARAYANA |  INC(I)INC | 32,762 | 47.0% |
| 2 | CHODISETTI SURYARAO | INC | 19,699 | 28.2% |
| 3 | ALLURI SATYANARAYANA RAO | Left | 16,639 | 23.9% |
| 4 | GADIRAJU BANGARAMMA | IND | 667 | 1.0% |
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 (45th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe18.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 0.4% · max 39.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
87%
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45th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.19
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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106th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 47.0%INC 28.2%CPM 23.9%OTH 1.0%
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.