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Winner — 1978
B.V. RAMACHANDRA REDDY
JNP· Janata
JNP 41.1%INC(I) 27.7%5 others 31.2%
Votes
28,613
41.1% share
Winning margin
9,312
13.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
69.2%
of 1,00,633
A clear win with a 13.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.V. RAMACHANDRA REDDY | Janata | 28,613 | 41.1% |
| 2 | H.T.SOMASHEKARA REDDY |  INC(I)INC | 19,301 | 27.7% |
| 3 | G.T. MARISWAMY REDDY | IND | 7,651 | 11.0% |
| 4 | S,SURYANARAYANA RAO | Left | 7,009 | 10.1% |
| 5 | A.T. RANGANATHA | IND | 4,000 | 5.7% |
| 6 | RAMASWAMY | INC | 2,849 | 4.1% |
| 7 | A.N. SANJEEVA REDDY | IND | 204 | 0.3% |
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.
Average turnout (157th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean13.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.1% · max 24.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
157th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
208th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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51st of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 41.1%INC(I) 27.7%IND 11.0%CPM 10.1%IND 5.7%OTH 4.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,52,595
Density
290 / km²
Sex ratio
983 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,461 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population18.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 13.1%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.7%
Electricity91.4%
Sanitation32.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.7%
Children fully vaccinated71.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.1%
Children underweight (under 5)36.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.1%
Women literate64.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.2%
Clean cooking fuel76.2%
Health insurance25.7%
What's nearby?
37 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.