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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1985Reserved (SC)
Etcherla
Winner — 1985
KAVALI PRATHIBHA BHARATHI
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 70.9%INC 26.7%1 others 2.5%
Votes
43,191
70.9% share
Winning margin
26,947
44.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
61.5%
of 99,138
Etcherla is a safe seat — KAVALI PRATHIBHA BHARATHI won by 44.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAVALI PRATHIBHA BHARATHI | Telugu Desam Party | 43,191 | 70.9% |
| 2 | VIJAYALAXMI PARAMESWARA RAO CHAPPIDI | INC | 16,244 | 26.6% |
| 3 | GUDIVADA APPARAO | IND | 1,515 | 2.5% |
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 (17th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe44.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.9% · min 3.7% · max 44.2%
How contested is turnout?
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89%
lowerhigher
17th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 175How much NOTA?
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1.7%
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24th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 70.9%INC 26.6%OTH 2.5%
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.