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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 26 · 2014

Chodavaram

Winner — 2014

KALIDINDI SURYA NAGA SANYASI RAJU (BABU)
TDP· NDA (NDA)
TDP 48.4%YSRCP 47.8%7 others 3.8%
Votes
80,560
48.4% share
Winning margin
909
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
84.8%
of 1,96,500

Chodavaram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 909 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.10 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KALIDINDI SURYA NAGA SANYASI RAJU (BABU)
NDA (NDA)
80,56048.4%
2
KARANAM DHARMASRI
YSRCP
79,65147.8%
3
ATCHUTA RAO GUNURU
INC
1,9371.2%
4
BHUPATHI APPARAO
1,2060.7%
5
RAMA PAPAYYA NAIDU JERRIPOTHULA
JASPA
1,0890.7%
NOTA
NOTA
9310.6%
7
KAMIREDDI PATRU NAIDU
IND
4140.3%
8
RAMA CHANDRA RAO VANKAYALA
IND
4030.2%
9
K.S.SUNDARAO
IND
3920.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (66th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.6% · max 38.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
66th of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
14th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
175 seats · 88 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 48.4%YSRCP 47.8%OTH 3.3%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.10 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
42,90,589
Density
384 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
11,161 km²
SC population7.7%
ST population14.4%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.7%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water56.3%
Electricity89.7%
Sanitation51.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Children underweight (under 5)33.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.0%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.4%
Clean cooking fuel72.9%
Health insurance64.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Craft🏺Basket Weaving🏺Coffee (Araku)🏺Etikoppaka Lacquerware/Wooden Toys🏺Palm Leaf🏺Payakaraopet Silk Sarees🏺Rock Bee Honey🏺Seafood Cluster

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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