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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 242 · 1983

Adilabad

Winner — 1983

CHILKURI VAMAN REDDY
IND
IND 42.0%INC 41.2%6 others 16.8%
Votes
26,871
42.0% share
Winning margin
509
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
63.4%
of 1,00,935

Adilabad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 509 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHILKURI VAMAN REDDY
IND
26,87142.0%
2
CHILKURI RAMACHANDER REDDY
Congress (I)
26,36241.2%
3
AKHTER HUSSAIN
IND
3,8596.0%
4
P. VASU DEV
IND
2,0183.1%
5
NASANI LACHANNA
IND
1,9433.0%
6
RASHEED AHMED
Janata
1,4322.2%
7
POTHA REDDY
IND
9321.5%
8
J. LINGAIAH
IND
5450.8%

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 (104th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.8% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
104th of 175

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 175

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
70th of 175

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 42.0%INC 41.2%IND 6.0%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,63,557
Density
227 / km²
Sex ratio
985 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
13,076 km²
SC population22.5%
ST population9.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.1%Muslim 9.7%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water68.5%
Electricity90.1%
Sanitation39.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated65.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.2%
Children underweight (under 5)27.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.4%
Women literate70.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.8%
Clean cooking fuel84.6%
Health insurance72.3%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Patturu Cotton Silk Sarees🏷️Udayagiri Wooden CutleryGI
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A group of eight rock-cut temples in bhairavakonda hill

🏛️MonumentASI

A group of eight rock-cut temples in bhairavakonda hill

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Hill lfort with ancient byuildings therein

🏛️MonumentASI

Hill lfort with ancient byuildings therein

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Krishna temple in a part of donka with gopuram, kalyanamandapam and masonry built tank

🏛️MonumentASI

Krishna temple in a part of donka with gopuram, kalyanamandapam and masonry built tank

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Krishna temple in a part of donka with gopuram, kalyanamandapam and masonry built tank

🏛️MonumentASI

Krishna temple in a part of donka with gopuram, kalyanamandapam and masonry built tank

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Krishna temple in a part of donka with gopuram, kalyanamandapam and masonry built tank

🏛️MonumentASI

Krishna temple in a part of donka with gopuram, kalyanamandapam and masonry built tank

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Ranganayakula temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Ranganayakula temple

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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