Constituency
160. Pulivendula
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-PULIVENDULA
INC 59.5%won by 25.5%JNP 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 25.2% to 25.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
80,444
Margin
20,496
25.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1Y.S. RAJASEKHAR REDDYIndian National Congress · INC47,87459.5%
- 2D.NARAYANA REDDYJanata Party · JNP27,37834.0%
- 3B.SOMI REDDYIndian National Congress · INC4,5565.7%
- 4N.BABA SABIndependent · IND6360.8%
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
- −35.9%
- INC share
- 61.4% → 59.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —