Constituency
79. Kankipadu
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KANKIPADU
INC 50.1%won by 12.6%JNP 37.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 12.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — 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
77,535
Margin
9,754
12.58%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KONERU RANGA RAOIndian National Congress · INC38,81550.1%
- 2TUMMALA CHOWDARYJanata Party · JNP29,06137.5%
- 3AKKINENI BHASKARA RAOIndian National Congress · INC8,35410.8%
- 4CHAKKA VENKATESUBBARAOIndependent · IND5550.7%
- 5KOTTA VENKATESWARARAOIndependent · IND4450.6%
- 6ALIGINENT SREERA MADUTHAIndependent · IND3050.4%
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
- −34.4%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 50.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.5%
- Turnout
- — → —