Constituency
24. Visakhapatnam I
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-VISAKHAPATNAM-I
INC 45.3%won by 4.6%JNP 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 4.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.8% — 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
52,580
Margin
2,422
4.61%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SUNKARI ALWAR DASIndian National Congress · INC23,81145.3%
- 2SYLADA PUDITHALLI NAIDUJanata Party · JNP21,38940.7%
- 3DEAM M. R.Indian National Congress · INC4,8219.2%
- 4CHENNA SURYANARAYANA RAOIndependent · IND1,2192.3%
- 5K. BALARAMIndependent · IND9971.9%
- 6MADANA VEERQANNAIndependent · IND3430.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −40.2%
- INC share
- 44.8% → 45.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —