Constituency
31. Chodavaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-CHODAVARAM
JNP 50.6%won by 15.0%INC 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 15.0%.
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 50.6% of the vote here (+50.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.2% 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
80,456
Margin
12,066
15.00%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1SEETHARAMA SASTRI EMANIJanata Party · JNP40,69050.6%
- 2PALAYALLI VECHALAPUIndian National Congress · INC28,62435.6%
- 3BHUTHANADHU SATYANNARAYANAIndependent · IND5,8767.3%
- 4PETLA SANYASIRAOIndependent · IND5,2666.5%
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
- +70.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 50.6%
- INC share
- 55.6% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —