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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 87 · 1978
Kaikalur
Winner — 1978
KANUMURU BAPIRAJU
IND
IND 34.1%INC(I) 34.0%7 others 31.9%
Votes
24,669
34.1% share
Winning margin
46
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
80.0%
of 90,510
Kaikalur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 46 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KANUMURU BAPIRAJU | IND | 24,669 | 34.1% |
| 2 | SUDABATHULA NAGESWARA RAO |  INC(I)INC | 24,623 | 34.0% |
| 3 | AREPALLI SRIHARI RAO | Janata | 17,232 | 23.8% |
| 4 | MANGATAYARAMMA KAMILI | INC | 3,183 | 4.4% |
| 5 | ABRAHAM DOMATHOTI | IND | 1,537 | 2.1% |
| 6 | ASEEVADAM GARIKIMUKKU | 500 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | ANDUGALA JEREMIAH | IND | 398 | 0.6% |
| 8 | KOTHAPALLI VENKATRAJU | IND | 136 | 0.2% |
| 9 | KRISHNA MURTHY YIRRINKI | IND | 113 | 0.2% |
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 (48th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.0% · max 63.9%
How contested is turnout?
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87%
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48th of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.90
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.4%
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172nd of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 34.1%INC(I) 34.0%JNP 23.8%OTH 8.1%
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.