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Andhra Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1999Reserved (ST)
Polavaram
Winner — 1999
SRINIVASA RAO VANKA
TDP· NDA (NDA)
TDP 44.5%INC 44.5%3 others 11.0%
Votes
47,796
44.5% share
Winning margin
24
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.1%
of 1,51,097
Polavaram was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 24 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRINIVASA RAO VANKA | NDA (NDA) | 47,796 | 44.5% |
| 2 | BADISA DURGA RAO | INC | 47,772 | 44.5% |
| 3 | BODIKA RAMACHANDRA RAO | IND | 5,719 | 5.3% |
| 4 | MURALI KRISHNA MOKALA | IND | 3,771 | 3.5% |
| 5 | KUNJAM RAMA RAO | IND | 2,382 | 2.2% |
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 (32nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 0.0% · max 58.2%
How contested is turnout?
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88%
lowerhigher
32nd of 175How crowded is the field?
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2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 175How much NOTA?
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0.9%
lowerhigher
94th of 175Where does the house stand?
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294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
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2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
TDP 44.5%INC 44.5%IND 5.3%OTH 5.7%
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.