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Madras · Assembly Constituency 116 · 1951

Punganur

Winner — 1951

B. KRISHNAMOORTHY RAO
INC 45.2%IND 42.4%1 others 12.5%
Votes
21,059
45.2% share
Winning margin
1,322
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
62.4%
of 74,675

A closely fought contest. B. KRISHNAMOORTHY RAO won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. KRISHNAMOORTHY RAO
21,05945.2%
2
VARANASI RAGHUNATHA REDDI
IND
19,73742.4%
3
PEDDIVARI VANKATA REDDI
KMPP
5,80712.5%

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 (84th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 2.8% · max 19.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
84th of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
375 seats · 188 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.2%IND 42.4%KMPP 12.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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