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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1978
Tanuku
Winner — 1978
KANTIOYDU APPA RAO
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 45.3%INC 27.3%4 others 27.4%
Votes
35,393
45.3% share
Winning margin
14,062
18.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
78.3%
of 99,787
Tanuku is a safe seat — KANTIOYDU APPA RAO won by 18.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KANTIOYDU APPA RAO |  INC(I)INC | 35,393 | 45.3% |
| 2 | GANNAMANI SATYANARAYANA MURTY | INC | 21,331 | 27.3% |
| 3 | SEENI RAMARAO | Janata | 20,250 | 25.9% |
| 4 | MALLINA SESHAGIRIRAO | IND | 479 | 0.6% |
| 5 | GORELLA PEDDA GOPALAMU | IND | 419 | 0.5% |
| 6 | INDUDURI VENKATA SOMARAJU | IND | 253 | 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.
Low turnout (157th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe18.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 2.4% · max 38.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
157th of 175How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.86
fewer partiesmore parties
171st of 175How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
118th of 175Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 45.3%INC 27.3%JNP 25.9%OTH 1.5%
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.