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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 108 · 1978
Vinukonda
Winner — 1978
AVUDARI VENKATESWARLU
IND
IND 30.0%IND 27.2%5 others 42.8%
Votes
21,781
30.0% share
Winning margin
2,019
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.3%
of 1,11,306
A closely fought contest. AVUDARI VENKATESWARLU won with a 2.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AVUDARI VENKATESWARLU | IND | 21,781 | 30.0% |
| 2 | GANGINENI VENKATESWARA RAO | IND | 19,762 | 27.2% |
| 3 | JAYAPRADA BHAVANAM |  INC(I)INC | 18,063 | 24.9% |
| 4 | GUTTA KOTESWAR ARAO | INC | 5,273 | 7.3% |
| 5 | BANDARU ISAAAC PRABHAKAR | Janata | 3,753 | 5.2% |
| 6 | DESARI JACOB | IND | 2,101 | 2.9% |
| 7 | BOGGARAM LOXMIDEVAMMA | IND | 1,954 | 2.7% |
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 (43rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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marginal2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.1% · min 0.5% · max 23.5%
How contested is turnout?
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87%
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43rd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
128th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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150th of 175Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 30.0%IND 27.2%INC(I) 24.9%INC 7.3%JNP 5.2%OTH 5.6%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2014. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2014, so they are not shown for earlier elections.