Constituency
14. Palakonda
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-PALAKONDA
JNP 45.0%won by 21.9%INC 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.9%.
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 45.0% of the vote here (+45.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 87.9% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
53,599
Margin
11,758
21.94%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1KAMBALA RAJARATNAMJanata Party · JNP24,14545.0%
- 2DARAMANA ADINARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC12,38723.1%
- 3PAGADALAMMA SUKKAIndian National Congress · INC10,31919.3%
- 4DUNGA SUBHASHINIRAJUIndependent · IND3,2786.1%
- 5NUTHULAPATI BALA PADMAVATIRPK · RPK2,6685.0%
- 6SAMALA MADHAVARAOIndependent · IND8021.5%
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
- +93.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- INC share
- 71.1% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- — → —