Constituency
32. Anakapalle
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ANAKAPALLE
CPI 41.7%won by 12.4%JNP 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 12.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 90.5% — 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
68,032
Margin
8,437
12.40%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1KODUGANTI GOVINDRAOCommunist Party of India · CPI28,38241.7%
- 2P. V. CHALAPITARAOJanata Party · JNP19,94529.3%
- 3MAJJI PRASADRAOIndependent · IND15,14922.3%
- 4DUVVDA VENKATRAOIndependent · IND3,2854.8%
- 5J. C. GURUVULURPK · RPK1,2711.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–JNP swing
- −26.7%
- CPI share
- 39.2% → 41.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —