Constituency
17. Etcherla
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ETCHERLA
JNP 46.8%won by 18.1%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 18.1%.
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 46.8% of the vote here (+46.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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
53,978
Margin
9,791
18.14%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1KOTHAPALLI NARASAYYAJanata Party · JNP25,27246.8%
- 2BODDEPALLI NARASIMHULUIndian National Congress · INC15,48128.7%
- 3KANCHAYYA POTNURUIndian National Congress · INC8,65116.0%
- 4MANDA VENKATRAOIndependent · IND4,0177.4%
- 5MAKAYYA KOPPALAIndependent · IND5571.0%
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
- +48.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.8%
- INC share
- 29.9% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —