Constituency
187. Atmakur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ATMAKUR
INC 60.5%won by 32.3%JNP 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.5% to 32.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.7% between them, down from 98.3% — 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
69,843
Margin
22,562
32.30%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1A.VENGAL REDDYIndian National Congress · INC42,27160.5%
- 2T.RANGASAIJanata Party · JNP19,70928.2%
- 3HUSSAIN SAHEBIndian National Congress · INC5,7938.3%
- 4SIVA KUMARIndependent · IND6180.9%
- 5ANNAM KRISHNAIndependent · IND5540.8%
- 6GANNOJU TIRUPATACHARIIndependent · IND5340.8%
- 7SUNKESULA RAJASEKHARIndependent · IND2440.3%
- 8SULTAN MOHIDDINIndependent · IND1200.2%
Since 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
- −21.6%
- INC share
- 53.9% → 60.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- — → —