Constituency
2. Sompeta
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-SOMPETA
JNP 57.7%won by 19.1%INC 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 19.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 57.7% of the vote here (+57.7%).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
73,196
Margin
14,000
19.13%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1GOUTHU LATCHANNAJanata Party · JNP42,25157.7%
- 2TULASIDAS MAJJIIndian National Congress · INC28,25138.6%
- 3GANNI PADMANABHARAOIndian National Congress · INC2,6943.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +76.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 57.7%
- INC share
- 56.9% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- — → —