Constituency
130. Nellore
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-NELLORE
INC 67.4%won by 42.0%JNP 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.4% to 42.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 75.7% — 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
74,482
Margin
31,268
41.98%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1KOONAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC50,20267.4%
- 2ANAM VENKATA REDDYJanata Party · JNP18,93425.4%
- 3MADALA GOPALAIAHIndian National Congress · INC3,7565.0%
- 4NIDIGALLU VENKATAKRISHNAIAHIndependent · IND8661.2%
- 5KHALEELIDDIEN AHMED MD.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3410.5%
- 6THUMMALA VENKATA RAMI REDDYIndependent · IND2630.4%
- 7P.VENKATESWARLUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK1200.2%
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
- −17.6%
- INC share
- 59.6% → 67.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- — → —