Constituency
163. Gorantla
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GORANTLA
INC 38.9%won by 4.2%IND 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 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
69,574
Margin
2,897
4.16%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1P.BAYAPA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC27,03938.9%
- 2NARAYANA REDDYIndependent · IND24,14234.7%
- 3PAMUDURTHI RAVINDRA REDDYJanata Party · JNP12,35717.8%
- 4K.A.NAGARAJA ROWIndependent · IND4,6236.6%
- 5P.RANJIT NAIKIndian National Congress · INC1,4132.0%
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–IND swing
- +22.7%
- INC share
- 40.4% → 38.9%
- IND share
- 58.9% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- — → —