MummidivaramAssembly by-election result, 1998
Chelli Vivekananda (TDP) won Mummidivaram in the 1998 assembly by-election with 60.7% of the vote, beating Viswarupu Pinipe (INC) by 17,778 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1978 election. In 1972, seat no. 53 was Cheyyeru. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 53 is Chevella. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A comfortable win — Chelli Vivekananda won by 21.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelli Vivekananda | 49,85260.7% | |
| 2 | Viswarupu Pinipe | 32,07439.1% | |
| 3 | M. M. Ananda Sagar IND | IND | 1680.2% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
TDP and INC took 100% of the votes.
Parties in the race 1.92 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 Mummidivaram, 1978–2004
- 1978MOKA SRI VISHNU PRASADA RAO (INC(I)), margin 18.1%
- 1983VALTATI RAJASKKUBAI (TDP), margin 48.5%
- 1985PANDU KRISHNA MURTY (TDP), margin 45.2%
- 1989BATTINA SUBBARAO (INC), margin 7.3%
- 1994BATHINA SUBBARAO (INC), margin 10.2%
- 1999CHELLI VIVEKANANDA (TDP), margin 11.2%
- 2004VISWARUPU PINIPE (INC), margin 15.5%