Constituency
64. Penukonda
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-PENUKONDA
INC 47.5%won by 10.4%CPI 37.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.6% to 47.5% of the vote here (+4.9%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 95.5% — 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
71,475
Margin
7,422
10.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1JAKKAMSETTI VENKATESWARARAOIndian National Congress · INC33,97147.5%
- 2VANKA SATYANARAYANACommunist Party of India · CPI26,54937.1%
- 3GOPALARAO SONTIJanata Party · JNP9,56813.4%
- 4BAVANA NARASHMHAMRPK · RPK8151.1%
- 5VENKATAREDDY KERRIIndependent · IND2880.4%
- 6ALLAPALLI SATYAVATIIndependent · IND2840.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +20.6%
- INC share
- 42.6% → 47.5%
- CPI share
- 52.9% → 37.1%
- Turnout
- — → —