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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1978
Chintalapudi
Winner — 1978
GADDE VENKATESWARA RAO
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 40.1%JNP 33.5%3 others 26.5%
Votes
31,746
40.1% share
Winning margin
5,256
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
83.2%
of 95,141
A clear win with a 6.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GADDE VENKATESWARA RAO |  INC(I)INC | 31,746 | 40.1% |
| 2 | MANDALAPU SATYANARAYANA | Janata | 26,490 | 33.5% |
| 3 | KOTAGIRI VENUGOPALA RAO | INC | 18,130 | 22.9% |
| 4 | MANNE JOHN SAMUEL SADHU | IND | 1,521 | 1.9% |
| 5 | CHATRATHI SURYA PRAKASA RAO | IND | 1,293 | 1.6% |
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 (11th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 1.1% · max 25.4%
How contested is turnout?
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90%
lowerhigher
11th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.9%
lowerhigher
92nd of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 40.1%JNP 33.5%INC 22.9%OTH 3.5%
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.