MadhiraAssembly by-election result, 1998
Katta Venkatanarasaiah (CPM) won Madhira in the 1998 assembly by-election with 35.1% of the vote, beating Seelam Sidda Reddy (INC) by 4,020 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 278 was Huzurnagar. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 278 is Puttaparthi. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A closely fought contest. Katta Venkatanarasaiah won with a 2.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katta Venkatanarasaiah | 48,91435.1% | |
| 2 | Seelam Sidda Reddy | 44,89432.2% | |
| 3 | Gaddala Venkateswerarao IND | IND | 23,16316.6% |
| 4 | Sri Krishnaprasad Putumbaka IND | IND | 15,39111.0% |
| 5 | Venkata Seshagiri Rao Rayala NTRTDP(LP) | NTRTDP(LP) | 4,7683.4% |
| 6 | Muthareddy Vajrala IND | IND | 1,3371.0% |
| 7 | Vanigandla Narasimha Rao IND | IND | 9560.7% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 84% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.73 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Madhira, 1978–2004
- 1978BANDARU PRASADA RAO (INC(I)), margin 7.7%
- 1983SEELAM SIDDHA REDDY (INC), margin 13.3%
- 1985BODEPUDI VENKATESWAR RAO (CPM), margin 9.5%
- 1989BODEPUDI VENKATESWARA RAO (CPM), margin 5.8%
- 1994BODEPUDI VENKATESWARA RAO (CPM), margin 6.9%
- 1999KONDABALA KOTESWARA RAO (TDP), margin 3.6%
- 2004ATTA VENKATA NARASAIAH (CPM), margin 14.4%