Constituency
197. Gadwal
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GADWAL
JNP 54.8%won by 28.5%INC 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 28.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 54.8% of the vote here (+54.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 89.9% — 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
64,594
Margin
18,394
28.48%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1D.K.SQATYA REDDYJanata Party · JNP35,37454.8%
- 2PAGA PULLU REDDYIndian National Congress · INC16,98026.3%
- 3VAJENDRADUIndian National Congress · INC10,93416.9%
- 4GOVINI VEERA PRATAP REDDYIndependent · IND1,3062.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +78.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 54.8%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- — → —