Constituency
198. Amarchinta
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-AMARCHINTA
INC 49.5%won by 7.6%JNP 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 7.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
70,146
Margin
5,318
7.58%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1VEERA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC34,73749.5%
- 2SOM BHOPALJanata Party · JNP29,41941.9%
- 3CHETUPALLI ADAMSIndian National Congress · INC2,6263.7%
- 4TANGEDI SANJEEVA REDDYIndependent · IND9491.4%
- 5TAMMANNAIndependent · IND8221.2%
- 6G.ANANDAMIndependent · IND8011.1%
- 7ANANDAMIndependent · IND7921.1%
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
- +7.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 49.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —