Constituency
107. Macherla
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-MACHERLA
INC 39.5%won by 8.3%JNP 31.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
69,208
Margin
5,752
8.31%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCSince 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
- −32.7%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 39.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.2%
- Turnout
- — → —