Constituency
170. Gooty
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GOOTY
INC 43.8%won by 9.5%JNP 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.0% to 43.8% of the vote here (+5.8%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
55,171
Margin
5,241
9.50%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1K.VENKATARAMAIAHIndian National Congress · INC24,18543.8%
- 2JAFFAR SABJanata Party · JNP18,94434.3%
- 3VEERA REDDY Z.Communist Party of India · CPI11,59521.0%
- 4S.KHAJA HUSSAINIndependent · IND4470.8%
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
- −28.5%
- INC share
- 38.0% → 43.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —