Constituency
97. Ponnur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-PONNUR
INC 42.8%won by 10.6%JNP 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.0% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.
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
70,251
Margin
7,452
10.61%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1NAGESWARA RAO GOGINENIIndian National Congress · INC30,06642.8%
- 2TALASILA VENKATARAMALAHJanata Party · JNP22,61432.2%
- 3KOLLA VENKAIAHIndependent · IND6,4619.2%
- 4HANUMANTHA RAO DESARIIndian National Congress · INC4,9017.0%
- 5YEPURI ESWARA SANGAMESWARA RAOIndependent · IND4,5506.5%
- 6DOPPALAPUDI JACOB SASTRYIndependent · IND8141.2%
- 7DORADLA SATYANARAYANAIndependent · IND4810.7%
- 8ANJANYULU MEDAIndependent · IND3640.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −33.8%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 42.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- — → —