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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1978
Bapatla
Winner — 1978
KONA PRABHAKARA RAO
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 47.0%JNP 46.7%1 others 6.3%
Votes
40,332
47.0% share
Winning margin
189
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
77.2%
of 1,11,272
Bapatla was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 189 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KONA PRABHAKARA RAO |  INC(I)INC | 40,332 | 47.0% |
| 2 | MUPPALANENI SESHAGIRI RAO | Janata | 40,143 | 46.7% |
| 3 | JOHNSON MODUKURI | INC | 5,423 | 6.3% |
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.
High turnout (30th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.2% · max 39.3%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
lowerhigher
30th of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.05
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 175How much NOTA?
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0.5%
lowerhigher
163rd of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 47.0%JNP 46.7%INC 6.3%
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.