166. Penukonda

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• INC vote shareINC went from 42.6% to 45.7% of the vote here (+3.1%).
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.5% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.