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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 40 · 1985
Rajahmundry
Winner — 1985
BUTCHAIAR CHOUDHARY GORANTLA
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 53.7%INC 45.5%7 others 0.8%
Votes
47,404
53.7% share
Winning margin
7,239
8.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
71.5%
of 1,23,411
A clear win with a 8.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUTCHAIAR CHOUDHARY GORANTLA | Telugu Desam Party | 47,404 | 53.7% |
| 2 | A. C. Y. REDDY | INC | 40,165 | 45.5% |
| 3 | MADHUSUDHANA RAO EDIBILLI | IND | 200 | 0.2% |
| 4 | RAMU ANILBOYINA | IND | 145 | 0.2% |
| 5 | SOMABATHULA JANARDANA RAO | IND | 119 | 0.1% |
| 6 | VENKATA RAO NAKKA | IND | 71 | 0.1% |
| 7 | N. SATYANARAYANA | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
| 8 | SATYANARAYANA KROVVIDI | IND | 60 | 0.1% |
| 9 | SURYANARAYANA CHOLLI | IND | 39 | 0.0% |
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 (44th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 0.8% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
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87%
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44th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 175How much NOTA?
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1.6%
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29th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 53.7%INC 45.5%OTH 0.8%
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.