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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1978

Bhimavaram

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Winner — 1978

KALIDINDI VIJAYAYANARASIMHA RAJU
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 51.3%JNP 32.4%4 others 16.3%
Votes
41,295
51.3% share
Winning margin
15,230
18.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.5%
of 1,09,457

Bhimavaram is a safe seat — KALIDINDI VIJAYAYANARASIMHA RAJU won by 18.9%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KALIDINDI VIJAYAYANARASIMHA RAJU
INC(I)
INC
41,29551.3%
2
MENTAY PADAMANABHAM
JNP
Janata
26,06532.4%
3
NACHU VENKATRAMAIAH
INC
INC
10,44813.0%
4
GUDAPATI DANIEL
IND
1,4861.9%
5
LUTHER NANNETI
IND
6170.8%
6
BHUPATHIRAJU BANGARRAJU
IND
5930.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (107th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 2.9% · max 48.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
107th of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
165th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
100th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 51.3%JNP 32.4%INC 13.0%OTH 3.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

This 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.

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