Back to Andhra Pradesh 1989 map
Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1989

Dichpally

Winner — 1989

M. VENKATESHWATA RAO
TDP· National Front
TDP 48.8%INC 48.6%3 others 2.6%
Votes
42,896
48.8% share
Winning margin
225
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
66.8%
of 1,31,559

Dichpally was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 225 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. VENKATESHWATA RAO
National Front
42,89648.8%
2
N. L. NARAYANA
INC
42,67148.5%
3
BANDALLA AGANGARAM
IND
1,3441.5%
4
ASADI GANGADHAR
7460.8%
5
SARASANI VENKATARAMI REDDY
IND
2270.3%

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.

A two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.3%
NOT REPORTED
mean 16.9% · min 0.3% · max 53.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.53
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

SEAT
NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.53EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 48.8%INC 48.5%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,63,557
Density
227 / km²
Sex ratio
985 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
13,076 km²
SC population22.5%
ST population9.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.1%Muslim 9.7%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water68.5%
Electricity90.1%
Sanitation39.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated65.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.2%
Children underweight (under 5)27.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.4%
Women literate70.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.8%
Clean cooking fuel84.6%
Health insurance72.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Patturu Cotton Silk Sarees🏷️Udayagiri Wooden CutleryGI

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25