Constituency
16. Srikakulam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-SRIKAKULAM
JNP 33.3%won by 10.0%INC 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 10.0%.
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 33.3% of the vote here (+33.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
70,958
Margin
7,087
9.99%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JNP- 1CHALLA LAKSHMINARAYANAJanata Party · JNP23,64333.3%
- 2RAGHAVADAS TRIPURNAIndian National Congress · INC16,55623.3%
- 3TANGI SATYANARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC14,76620.8%
- 4MYLAPILLI SATYARAJULAIndependent · IND7,50910.6%
- 5IPPILLI VENKATRAOIndependent · IND5,2707.4%
- 6NIDDAPU SANNIBABUIndependent · IND2,2863.2%
- 7GERIMELLA RAMAKRISHNAIndependent · IND9281.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +57.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.3%
- INC share
- 47.4% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- — → —