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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 91 · 1978
Avanigadda
Winner — 1978
MANDALI VENKATA KRISHNA RAO
INC· INC
INC 43.9%JNP 43.2%4 others 12.9%
Votes
30,396
43.9% share
Winning margin
487
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
81.6%
of 84,846
Avanigadda was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 487 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANDALI VENKATA KRISHNA RAO | INC | 30,396 | 43.9% |
| 2 | SAIKAM ARJUNA RAO | Janata | 29,909 | 43.2% |
| 3 | CHALAPATI RAO SANAKA |  INC(I)INC | 7,063 | 10.2% |
| 4 | SALI DHARMAYYA | IND | 1,006 | 1.4% |
| 5 | MADDALA LOURDU MARY | IND | 646 | 0.9% |
| 6 | CHIDAMBARA RAO SANAKA | IND | 247 | 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 (135th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.5% · min 0.2% · max 23.2%
How contested is turnout?
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77%
lowerhigher
135th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
136th 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 43.9%JNP 43.2%INC(I) 10.2%OTH 2.7%
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.