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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 272

Anantapur UrbanAssembly by-election result, 2012

B.G. Reddy (YSRCP) won Anantapur Urban in the 2012 assembly by-election with 52.9% of the vote, beating M. Sreenivasulu (TDP) by 24,739 votes.

20092012 by-elections201420192024

From 2014 it is seat no. 153, after Telangana became a separate state. Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2009 election. In 2004, seat no. 272 was Parkal. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

B.G. Reddy
YSRCP
YSRCP 52.9%TDP 33.0%10 others 14.1%
Votes
65,719
52.9% share
Winning margin
24,739
19.9% of votes
Candidates
12

A comfortable win — B.G. Reddy won by 19.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

12 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
B.G. Reddy
YSRCP
YSRCP
65,71952.9%
2
M. Sreenivasulu
TDP
TDP
40,98033.0%
3
M.M. Begum
INC
INC
9,4067.6%
4
V. R. Reddy
CPM
CPM
5,2164.2%
5
G.L. Kumar
BJP
BJP
6740.5%
6
S. Hamsu
IND
IND
4890.4%
7
G. Lalitha
SUCI
SUCI
4770.4%
8
M. V. Gopal
IND
IND
3700.3%
9
M.D. Kalandhar
RP
RP
2870.2%
10
G. Hari Babu
PPI
PPI
2860.2%
11
S. Masthan
IND
IND
1970.2%
12
K.S. Reddy
IND
IND
1380.1%

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A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
19.9%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Two or three

YSRCP, TDP and INC took 93% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.52

How did the vote split?

SEAT
52.9%won by YSRCP
YSRCP 52.9%TDP 33.0%INC 7.6%Others 6.5%

Anantapur district · 40.8 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Cotton/Jean Pants, Dharmavaram Silk Sarees and Leather Puppets, among others.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,81,148
Density
213 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
19,130 km²
SC population14.3%
ST population3.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
  • Hindu88.2%
  • Muslim10.9%
  • Christian0.5%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Sikh<0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.4%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water85.3%
Electric lighting93.4%
Toilet at home36.8%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.7%
Children fully vaccinated81.8%
Children stunted (under 5)36.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)50.5%
Women literate63.6%
Women married before 1837.3%
Clean cooking fuel86.4%
Health insurance73.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton/Jean Pants🏺Dharmavaram Silk Sarees🏺Leather Puppets🏺Silk Sarees

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

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Who has won Anantapur Urban, 2009–2024

  1. 2009B GURUNATHA REDDY (INC), margin 11.4%
  2. 2014PRABHAKAR CHOWDARY. V (TDP), margin 6.0%
  3. 2019ANANTHA VENKATARAMI REDDY (YSRCP), margin 17.4%
  4. 2024Daggupati Prasad (TDP), margin 12.1%