Constituency
161. Kadiri
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KADIRI
INC 54.6%won by 21.1%JNP 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.1% to 54.6% of the vote here (+9.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.1% between them, down from 94.0% — 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
75,093
Margin
15,808
21.05%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1NIZAM VALIIndian National Congress · INC40,98454.6%
- 2DORIGALLU RAJA REDDYJanata Party · JNP25,17633.5%
- 3K.V.VEMA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC4,5976.1%
- 4SANKARANARAYANA REDDYIndependent · IND4,3365.8%
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
- −24.0%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 54.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —