Constituency
173. Dharmavaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-DHARMAVARAM
INC 52.3%won by 18.0%JNP 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 18.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
73,292
Margin
13,177
17.98%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INCSince 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
- −34.0%
- INC share
- 52.0% → 52.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- — → —