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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1978
Kovvur
Winner — 1978
MUNSHI ABDUL AZIZ
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 44.1%JNP 42.2%4 others 13.7%
Votes
37,046
44.1% share
Winning margin
1,618
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
78.9%
of 1,06,459
Kovvur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,618 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUNSHI ABDUL AZIZ |  INC(I)INC | 37,046 | 44.1% |
| 2 | ALLURI SARVARAYUDU CHOUDARY | Janata | 35,428 | 42.2% |
| 3 | KRISHNA RAO MULLAPUDI | INC | 9,783 | 11.6% |
| 4 | IMMAMURI RANGAYAKULU | IND | 750 | 0.9% |
| 5 | PEETHALA TATAYYA | IND | 700 | 0.8% |
| 6 | RAMA SOMAYAJULU KALLURI | IND | 311 | 0.4% |
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.
Average turnout (87th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.2% · max 66.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
87th of 175How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
lowerhigher
155th of 175Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 44.1%JNP 42.2%INC 11.6%OTH 2.1%
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.