Constituency
38. Yellavaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-YELLAVARAM
INC 56.1%won by 34.1%JNP 22.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.6% to 34.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
41,635
Margin
14,194
34.09%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GORRELA PRAKASA RAOIndian National Congress · INC23,34556.1%
- 2RATNABAI TADAPATLAJanata Party · JNP9,15122.0%
- 3CHODI MALLIKHARJUNAIndian National Congress · INC7,50318.0%
- 4KARAM BAPANNA DOSAIndependent · IND1,6363.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −19.3%
- INC share
- 53.4% → 56.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 22.0%
- Turnout
- — → —