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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1985
Kothapeta
Winner — 1985
I. S. RAJU
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 39.0%IND 37.2%5 others 23.8%
Votes
30,563
39.0% share
Winning margin
1,397
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
78.2%
of 1,00,268
Kothapeta was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,397 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I. S. RAJU | Telugu Desam Party | 30,563 | 39.0% |
| 2 | CHIRLA SOMA SUNDARA REDDY | IND | 29,166 | 37.2% |
| 3 | KOSURI RAMAKRISHNAM RAJU | INC | 17,936 | 22.9% |
| 4 | BANDARU BHASKARA RAO | IND | 260 | 0.3% |
| 5 | K. MENAKSHI | IND | 176 | 0.2% |
| 6 | SESHAVATHARAM SALADI | IND | 157 | 0.2% |
| 7 | CHOLLANGI SURYANARAYANA | IND | 150 | 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.
Average turnout (97th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 1.8% · max 28.4%
How contested is turnout?
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84%
lowerhigher
97th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
93rd of 175How much NOTA?
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1.1%
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55th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 39.0%IND 37.2%INC 22.9%OTH 0.9%
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.