Constituency
94. Vemuru
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-VEMURU
INC 42.9%won by 0.6%JNP 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 506 votes (0.63%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered3 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
80,673
Margin
506
0.63%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1YADALAPATI VENKATRAOIndian National Congress · INC34,62442.9%
- 2VEERAIAH KODALIJanata Party · JNP34,11842.3%
- 3SAMBASIVARAO PALADUGUIndian National Congress · INC10,80013.4%
- 4KARMOORU KOTIREDDYIndependent · IND6450.8%
- 5SADHU CHOPPARAIndependent · IND4860.6%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −42.6%
- INC share
- 43.2% → 42.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- — → —