Constituency
191. Shadnagar
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-SHADNAGAR
INC 53.2%won by 16.9%JNP 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.2% to 16.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.3% — 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
57,595
Margin
9,743
16.92%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1KISTAIAH BHEESHVAIndian National Congress · INC30,66953.2%
- 2BANGARU LAXMANJanata Party · JNP20,92636.3%
- 3N.V. JAGANNATHAMIndian National Congress · INC4,3187.5%
- 4BAKINI CHANDRAIAHIndependent · IND1,0711.9%
- 5SAVANNARashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP6111.1%
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
- −47.6%
- INC share
- 64.5% → 53.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —