Constituency
77. Vijayawada West
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-VIJAYAWADA-WEST
INC 38.2%won by 5.0%JNP 33.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 5.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Multi-cornered4 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
87,926
Margin
4,389
4.99%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1POTHINA CHINNAIndian National Congress · INC33,58738.2%
- 2MOHAMMED IMTHIZUDDINJanata Party · JNP29,19833.2%
- 3TAMMINA POTHARAJUCommunist Party of India · CPI18,82621.4%
- 4ASIF PASHAIndian National Congress · INC4,9665.6%
- 5P.RADHA KRISHNA MURTHYIndependent · IND1,0431.2%
- 6MADALA VENKATA SUBBARAOIndependent · IND3060.3%
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
- −32.4%
- INC share
- 37.4% → 38.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.2%
- Turnout
- — → —