Constituency
127. Kovur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KOVUR
INC 57.3%won by 25.6%CPM 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 43.9% to 57.3% of the vote here (+13.5%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
75,350
Margin
19,260
25.56%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PELLAKURU RAMACANDRA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC43,21357.3%
- 2JAKKA VENKA REDDYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,95331.8%
- 3RAMACHANDRA REDDY GUNUPATICommunist Party of India · CPI5,3557.1%
- 4OBBAREDDY DASARATHARAMI REDDYIndependent · IND2,0822.8%
- 5GUDLURU AUDISCHAIAHIndependent · IND7471.0%
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–CPM swing
- −18.3%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 57.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —