Constituency
72. Kovur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KOVUR
INC 44.1%won by 1.9%JNP 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- 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
84,018
Margin
1,618
1.93%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MUNSHI ABDUL AZIZIndian National Congress · INC37,04644.1%
- 2ALLURI SARVARAYUDU CHOUDARYJanata Party · JNP35,42842.2%
- 3KRISHNA RAO MULLAPUDIIndian National Congress · INC9,78311.6%
- 4IMMAMURI RANGAYAKULUIndependent · IND7500.9%
- 5PEETHALA TATAYYAIndependent · IND7000.8%
- 6RAMA SOMAYAJULU KALLURIIndependent · IND3110.4%
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
- −41.9%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 44.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —