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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 71 · 1978Reserved (SC)
Gopalpuram
Winner — 1978
DESARI SAROJINI DEVI
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 55.6%JNP 25.2%5 others 19.2%
Votes
39,225
55.6% share
Winning margin
21,479
30.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
71.5%
of 98,585
Gopalpuram is a safe seat — DESARI SAROJINI DEVI won by 30.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DESARI SAROJINI DEVI |  INC(I)INC | 39,225 | 55.6% |
| 2 | SATI VENKATRAO | Janata | 17,746 | 25.2% |
| 3 | T.V.RAGHUVULU | INC | 9,739 | 13.8% |
| 4 | MALLELLI SUBBA RAO | IND | 1,081 | 1.5% |
| 5 | CHOLLA CHITTARANJAN | IND | 1,066 | 1.5% |
| 6 | B.PAMULAYYA | IND | 916 | 1.3% |
| 7 | DASARI DORKA | IND | 716 | 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 (62nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.4% · max 52.3%
How contested is turnout?
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86%
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62nd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
130th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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126th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 55.6%JNP 25.2%INC 13.8%OTH 5.4%
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.