Constituency
62. Bhimavaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-BHIMAVARAM
INC 51.3%won by 18.9%JNP 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 18.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.7% between them, down from 89.8% — 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
80,504
Margin
15,230
18.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KALIDINDI VIJAYAYANARASIMHA RAJUIndian National Congress · INC41,29551.3%
- 2MENTAY PADAMANABHAMJanata Party · JNP26,06532.4%
- 3NACHU VENKATRAMAIAHIndian National Congress · INC10,44813.0%
- 4GUDAPATI DANIELIndependent · IND1,4861.8%
- 5LUTHER NANNETIIndependent · IND6170.8%
- 6BHUPATHIRAJU BANGARRAJUIndependent · IND5930.7%
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
- −29.1%
- INC share
- 48.0% → 51.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —