Constituency
71. Gopalapuram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GOPALAPURAM
INC 55.6%won by 30.5%JNP 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 30.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.1% to 55.6% of the vote here (+10.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 92.7% — 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
70,489
Margin
21,479
30.47%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1DESARI SAROJINI DEVIIndian National Congress · INC39,22555.6%
- 2SATI VENKATRAOJanata Party · JNP17,74625.2%
- 3T.V.RAGHUVULUIndian National Congress · INC9,73913.8%
- 4MALLELLI SUBBA RAOIndependent · IND1,0811.5%
- 5CHOLLA CHITTARANJANIndependent · IND1,0661.5%
- 6B.PAMULAYYAIndependent · IND9161.3%
- 7DASARI DORKAIndependent · IND7161.0%
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
- −14.6%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 55.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —