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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 24 · 1985
Visakhapatnam-I
Winner — 1985
ALLU BHANUMATHI
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 57.3%INC 41.5%4 others 1.2%
Votes
32,743
57.3% share
Winning margin
9,038
15.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
49.6%
of 1,15,102
Visakhapatnam-I is a safe seat — ALLU BHANUMATHI won by 15.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALLU BHANUMATHI | Telugu Desam Party | 32,743 | 57.3% |
| 2 | PALURI SESHUMAMBA | INC | 23,705 | 41.5% |
| 3 | JAGADEESWARARAO MALLUVALASA | IND | 271 | 0.5% |
| 4 | RAYAVARAPU KRISHNAMURTY | IND | 155 | 0.3% |
| 5 | GUTAKALA NARASIMHA MURTY | IND | 153 | 0.3% |
| 6 | NARAYANA MURTY PATRUDU SUKHAVASI | Lok Dal | 95 | 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.
Low turnout (159th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe15.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.1% · min 4.5% · max 76.9%
How contested is turnout?
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71%
lowerhigher
159th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.03
fewer partiesmore parties
138th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.7%
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140th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 57.3%INC 41.5%OTH 1.2%
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.