Constituency
118. Kanigiri
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KANIGIRI
INC 48.9%won by 2.6%JNP 46.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.5% to 48.9% of the vote here (+17.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 46.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — 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
75,100
Margin
1,941
2.58%
Candidates
3 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
- −28.9%
- INC share
- 31.5% → 48.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 46.3%
- Turnout
- — → —