Constituency
25. Visakhapatnam Ii
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-VISAKHAPATNAM-II
JNP 46.9%won by 15.9%INC 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.9%.
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 46.9% of the vote here (+46.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.9% of the vote between them, up from 67.6% — 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
72,634
Margin
11,567
15.93%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1N. S. N. REDDYJanata Party · JNP34,07046.9%
- 2CH. SESIBHUSANA RAOIndian National Congress · INC22,50331.0%
- 3ATCHIRAJU NAIDANAIndependent · IND5,9758.2%
- 4GUDIVADA VENKATA RAMANAIndian National Congress · INC4,6686.4%
- 5BODDETI SURYANARAYANAIndependent · IND4,4006.1%
- 6GUMMIDI MADHAVA SWAMYIndependent · IND1,0181.4%
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
- +46.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.9%
- INC share
- 30.1% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —