Constituency
78. Vijayawada East
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-VIJAYAWADA-EAST
INC 44.6%won by 4.6%JNP 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 4.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
67,367
Margin
3,114
4.62%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1NADENDLA BHASKAR RAOIndian National Congress · INC30,03944.6%
- 2BAYANA APPA RAOJanata Party · JNP26,92540.0%
- 3JANDHYALA SHANKARIndian National Congress · INC9,33913.9%
- 4VENKATESWARA RAO VENIGALLAIndependent · IND4470.7%
- 5GOPARAJU VIJAYAMIndependent · IND3780.6%
- 6RADHAKRISHNA SARMA GUDIPUDIIndependent · IND1600.2%
- 7SEERAPU APPA RAOIndependent · IND790.1%
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
- −37.0%
- INC share
- 41.6% → 44.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- — → —