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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1985
Karwan
Winner — 1985
B. BAL REDDY
BJP· BJP
BJP 50.8%IND 40.1%9 others 9.1%
Votes
46,597
50.8% share
Winning margin
9,777
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
73.6%
of 1,24,728
A clear win with a 10.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. BAL REDDY | BJP | 46,597 | 50.8% |
| 2 | MOHD. VIRASAT RASOOL KHAN | IND | 36,820 | 40.1% |
| 3 | PRABHAWATI | INC | 6,512 | 7.1% |
| 4 | MOHD. BAQEER | IND | 747 | 0.8% |
| 5 | RAM RAJ | IND | 497 | 0.5% |
| 6 | B. SATYANARAYANA | IND | 174 | 0.2% |
| 7 | PANDIT RAJARAM SHASTRY | IND | 120 | 0.1% |
| 8 | LAIQ ALI | IND | 114 | 0.1% |
| 9 | CHATUR SINGH SHASTRY | IND | 66 | 0.1% |
| 10 | M. MALLESHWAR | IND | 64 | 0.1% |
| 11 | RANVEER SINGH | IND | 42 | 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.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean10.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 13.0% · min 1.9% · max 29.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
SEAT
— NOT REPORTEDWhere does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.8%IND 40.1%INC 7.1%OTH 2.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,87,813
Density
429 / km²
Sex ratio
1003 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,391 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population5.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.3%Muslim 11.4%Other 2.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.4%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.6%
Children fully vaccinated76.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.8%
Children underweight (under 5)26.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate68.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance71.1%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bronze Casting🏺Chillies🏺Chirala Silk Sarees🏺Cotton Bags🏷️Durgi Stone CarvingGI🏺Granite Cutting and Polishing🏺Leather Puppets🏷️Mangalagiri Sarees and FabricGI🏺Sattenapalli Bedsheets🏺Spice Products
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.