Constituency
19. Gajapathinagaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GAJAPATHINAGARAM
JNP 37.1%won by 4.3%IND 32.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 4.3%.
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 37.1% of the vote here (+37.1%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.9% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
72,996
Margin
3,146
4.31%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1VANGAPANDU NARAYANAPPALA NAIDUJanata Party · JNP27,09137.1%
- 2VENKATA GANGARAJU NARKEDAMILLIIndependent · IND23,94532.8%
- 3TADDI SANYASI NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC17,69324.2%
- 4MADHURI VIJAYARAMA GAJAPATIRAJU PUSAPATIIndian National Congress · INC3,7005.1%
- 5SAMANTULA ADINARAYANAIndependent · IND5670.8%
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–IND swing
- +4.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 32.8%
- Turnout
- — → —