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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1978Reserved (ST)
Polavaram
Winner — 1978
NAGABHUSHANAM RASAPUTRA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 60.4%JNP 18.9%3 others 20.7%
Votes
35,514
60.4% share
Winning margin
24,399
41.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.5%
of 87,136
Polavaram is a safe seat — NAGABHUSHANAM RASAPUTRA won by 41.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAGABHUSHANAM RASAPUTRA |  INC(I)INC | 35,514 | 60.4% |
| 2 | MODIYAM LAKSHMANA RAO | Janata | 11,115 | 18.9% |
| 3 | PUNEM SINGANNA DORA | INC | 8,758 | 14.9% |
| 4 | KONDAMODALU RAMIREDDI | IND | 2,866 | 4.9% |
| 5 | KRUSHNAMURTY PUNEM | IND | 570 | 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.
High turnout (32nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe41.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 0.0% · max 58.2%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
lowerhigher
32nd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 175How much NOTA?
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0.9%
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94th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 60.4%JNP 18.9%INC 14.9%OTH 5.8%
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.