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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1983
Kovvur
Winner — 1983
PENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO
TDP 79.3%INC 13.2%8 others 7.5%
Votes
65,893
79.3% share
Winning margin
54,910
66.1% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
71.1%
of 1,16,815
Kovvur is a safe seat — PENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO won by 66.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PENDYALA VENKATA KRISHNA RAO | 65,893 | 79.3% | |
| 2 | MUNSHI ABDUL AZIZ | Congress (I) | 10,983 | 13.2% |
| 3 | THREEPARALA SHIRAMA LAXMI | Janata | 2,809 | 3.4% |
| 4 | CHAPARLA SUBBA RAO | BJP | 1,161 | 1.4% |
| 5 | KUNTAMUKKALA SATYANARAYANA | ICJ | 1,046 | 1.3% |
| 6 | TATAPUDI KRISHIVARA RAO | IND | 479 | 0.6% |
| 7 | PEETHALA THATAYYA | IND | 238 | 0.3% |
| 8 | MADDUKURI BRAHAMANANDAM | IND | 196 | 0.2% |
| 9 | POTRU KRISHNA RANGARAO | IND | 171 | 0.2% |
| 10 | POSINA SATYANARAYANA | IND | 94 | 0.1% |
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 (87th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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lean66.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.2% · max 66.1%
How contested is turnout?
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84%
lowerhigher
87th of 175How crowded is the field?
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1.92
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 175How much NOTA?
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0.6%
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155th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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1.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 79.3%INC 13.2%OTH 7.5%
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.