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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 48 · 1985
Kakinada
Winner — 1985
MOOTHA GOPALAKRISHNA
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 62.2%INC 34.3%1 others 3.5%
Votes
49,180
62.2% share
Winning margin
22,096
28.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
57.5%
of 1,37,449
Kakinada is a safe seat — MOOTHA GOPALAKRISHNA won by 28.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOOTHA GOPALAKRISHNA | Telugu Desam Party | 49,180 | 62.2% |
| 2 | SEETHARAMAIAH POTHULA | INC | 27,084 | 34.3% |
| 3 | K. DURRANI | IND | 2,755 | 3.5% |
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 (31st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe28.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 3.6% · max 63.2%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
lowerhigher
31st of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
145th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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109th 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
TDP 62.2%INC 34.3%OTH 3.5%
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.