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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 97 · 1978

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Winner — 1978

NAGESWARA RAO GOGINENI
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 42.8%JNP 32.2%6 others 25.0%
Votes
30,066
42.8% share
Winning margin
7,452
10.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
69.8%
of 1,00,592

A clear win with a 10.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAGESWARA RAO GOGINENI
INC(I)
INC
30,06642.8%
2
TALASILA VENKATARAMALAH
JNP
Janata
22,61432.2%
3
KOLLA VENKAIAH
IND
6,4619.2%
4
HANUMANTHA RAO DESARI
INC
INC
4,9017.0%
5
YEPURI ESWARA SANGAMESWARA RAO
IND
4,5506.5%
6
DOPPALAPUDI JACOB SASTRY
IND
8141.2%
7
DORADLA SATYANARAYANA
IND
4810.7%
8
ANJANYULU MEDA
IND
3640.5%

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 (112th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.6% · max 31.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
112th of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.07
fewer partiesmore parties
116th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
160th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 42.8%JNP 32.2%IND 9.2%INC 7.0%IND 6.5%OTH 2.4%

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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