Constituency
48. Kakinada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KAKINADA
INC 49.4%won by 15.6%JNP 33.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.0% to 49.4% of the vote here (+11.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
75,451
Margin
11,756
15.58%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1MALLADI SWAMYIndian National Congress · INC37,25849.4%
- 2KATHA JANARDHANA RAOJanata Party · JNP25,50233.8%
- 3C. V. K. RAOIndependent · IND8,23510.9%
- 4I. B. RAMAKRISHNA RAOIndian National Congress · INC2,8023.7%
- 5BEERAKA SUBRAMANYAMIndependent · IND5030.7%
- 6GURRAM KAMESWARAOIndependent · IND5000.7%
- 7AHMED ALI MOHAMMADIndependent · IND4120.5%
- 8MALLAMPALLI SREE RAMIndependent · IND2390.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −22.4%
- INC share
- 38.0% → 49.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.8%
- Turnout
- — → —