Constituency
20. Vizianagaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-VIZIANAGARAM
JNP 59.7%won by 39.0%INC 20.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 39.0%.
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 59.7% of the vote here (+59.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% 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
66,896
Margin
26,085
38.99%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1SHREE ASHOK GAJAPATHI RAJU POOSAPATIJanata Party · JNP39,91459.7%
- 2APPANADORA APPASANIIndian National Congress · INC13,82920.7%
- 3MODILI SATYAMIndian National Congress · INC11,76017.6%
- 4PATCHIPILLI DASUIndependent · IND1,3932.1%
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
- +117.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.7%
- INC share
- 78.5% → 20.7%
- Turnout
- — → —