Constituency
100. Guntur I
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GUNTUR-I
INC 51.1%won by 19.5%JNP 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.8% to 19.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.5% — 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
79,987
Margin
15,560
19.45%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1ESWARA RAO LINGAMSETTYIndian National Congress · INC40,90151.1%
- 2ABDULLA KHAN MOHAMMADJanata Party · JNP25,34131.7%
- 3KANAPARTHI NAGAYYACommunist Party of India · CPI9,34211.7%
- 4MOHAMMAD HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC3,2154.0%
- 5GUDIVADA JAYARAMUIndependent · IND4200.5%
- 6GUDDETI KRISHNAIndependent · IND1850.2%
- 7NAZEER SHEIKIndependent · IND1780.2%
- 8MANDRU JOSEPH VARA PRASADIndependent · IND1750.2%
- 9LAKKAVARAPU ADILAKSHMIIndependent · IND1010.1%
- 10VIJYA RAMANUJAMIndependent · IND680.1%
- 11JONNALAGADDA JOSHIIndependent · IND610.1%
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
- −19.7%
- INC share
- 39.2% → 51.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- — → —