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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1978
Vijayawada East
Winner — 1978
NADENDLA BHASKAR RAO
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 44.6%JNP 40.0%5 others 15.4%
Votes
30,039
44.6% share
Winning margin
3,114
4.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
68.6%
of 98,227
A closely fought contest. NADENDLA BHASKAR RAO won with a 4.6% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NADENDLA BHASKAR RAO |  INC(I)INC | 30,039 | 44.6% |
| 2 | BAYANA APPA RAO | Janata | 26,925 | 40.0% |
| 3 | JANDHYALA SHANKAR | INC | 9,339 | 13.9% |
| 4 | VENKATESWARA RAO VENIGALLA | IND | 447 | 0.7% |
| 5 | GOPARAJU VIJAYAM | IND | 378 | 0.6% |
| 6 | RADHAKRISHNA SARMA GUDIPUDI | IND | 160 | 0.2% |
| 7 | SEERAPU APPA RAO | IND | 79 | 0.1% |
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 (124th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean4.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 3.5% · max 27.3%
How contested is turnout?
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80%
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124th of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.98
fewer partiesmore parties
153rd of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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148th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 44.6%JNP 40.0%INC 13.9%OTH 1.6%
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.