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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1985
Kovvur
Winner — 1985
PENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 67.0%INC 31.5%4 others 1.5%
Votes
61,899
67.0% share
Winning margin
32,783
35.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.8%
of 1,30,433
Kovvur is a safe seat — PENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO won by 35.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO | Telugu Desam Party | 61,899 | 67.0% |
| 2 | IMMANNI SESHAGIRI RAO | INC | 29,116 | 31.5% |
| 3 | MUKUNDARAO YELAMANCHILI | IND | 454 | 0.5% |
| 4 | MD. FIJULLA | IND | 395 | 0.4% |
| 5 | GANGISETTI MUSILESWARARAO | IND | 373 | 0.4% |
| 6 | KUNDULA VENKATRAO | IND | 172 | 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 (87th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean35.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.2% · max 66.1%
How contested is turnout?
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84%
lowerhigher
87th of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
lowerhigher
155th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 67.0%INC 31.5%OTH 1.5%
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.