Constituency
129. Rapur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-RAPUR
INC 60.7%won by 37.3%JNP 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 37.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.7% to 60.7% of the vote here (+39.0%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — 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
77,236
Margin
28,776
37.26%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1NAVVULA VENKATARATNAM NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC46,90160.7%
- 2DEGA NARASIMHA REDDYJanata Party · JNP18,12523.5%
- 3RAMANA REDDY KAKANIIndian National Congress · INC12,21015.8%
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
- +15.6%
- INC share
- 21.7% → 60.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- — → —