Constituency
142. Kuppam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KUPPAM
INC 41.4%won by 17.5%JNP 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.0% to 41.4% of the vote here (+5.4%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.2% between them, down from 91.1% — 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
59,596
Margin
10,442
17.52%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1B.R.DORASWAMY NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC24,66441.4%
- 2D.VENKATACHALAMJanata Party · JNP14,22223.9%
- 3M.VENKARACHALAMIndependent · IND7,00411.8%
- 4R.J.KARUNANIDHIAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK5,3389.0%
- 5A.P.VAJRAVELU CHETTYIndian National Congress · INC4,5437.6%
- 6G.GOVINDAPPA CHETTYIndependent · IND3,2235.4%
- 7G.V. DAYASAGARIndependent · IND6021.0%
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–JNP swing
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 41.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —