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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1985
Malleswaram
Winner — 1985
KAGITA VENKATA RAO
TDP· Telugu Desam Party
TDP 50.2%INC 48.6%4 others 1.3%
Votes
38,518
50.2% share
Winning margin
1,229
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.4%
of 1,04,680
Malleswaram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,229 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAGITA VENKATA RAO | Telugu Desam Party | 38,518 | 50.2% |
| 2 | BURAGADDA NIRANJANA RAO | INC | 37,289 | 48.6% |
| 3 | KOLLATI JARARDHANA RAO | IND | 540 | 0.7% |
| 4 | TALUPULA HANUMANTHA RAO | IND | 160 | 0.2% |
| 5 | NANDIGAMA SRIRAMA HANUMANTHA VENKATA | IND | 153 | 0.2% |
| 6 | PARIMKAYALA KANAKA DURGA PRASAD | IND | 136 | 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 (63rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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marginal1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.2% · min 0.6% · max 22.3%
How contested is turnout?
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86%
lowerhigher
63rd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
127th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
lowerhigher
147th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 50.2%INC 48.6%OTH 1.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— 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.