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Constituency

75. Jaggayyapet

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978

AP-JAGGAYYAPET

INC 42.7%won by 10.9%JNP 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.0% to 42.7% of the vote here (+7.7%).
  • New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
70,730
Margin
7,711
10.90%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCJNP swing
−24.1%
INC share
35.0% 42.7%
JNP share
0.0% 31.8%
Turnout