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Constituency

83. Gannavaram

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978

AP-GANNAVARAM

CPM 49.6%won by 24.1%INC 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 24.1%.

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

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.4% to 49.6% of the vote here (+8.2%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.0% between them, down from 83.5% — 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
72,584
Margin
17,512
24.13%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+24.8%
CPM share
41.4% 49.6%
INC share
42.1% 25.4%
Turnout