Constituency
213. Asafnagar
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ASAFNAGAR
INC 34.3%won by 5.0%JNP 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.6% to 5.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
54,747
Margin
2,727
4.98%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1B. KRISHNAIndian National Congress · INC18,78434.3%
- 2SYED VICARUDDINJanata Party · JNP16,05729.3%
- 3ISMAIL ZABEEHIndependent · IND13,50524.7%
- 4SYED RAHMAT ALIIndian National Congress · INC5,1169.3%
- 5MOHD. TASKEENIndependent · IND5211.0%
- 6T. RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND3420.6%
- 7M. AZMATULLAHIndependent · IND2700.5%
- 8D. V. S. S. MURTHYIndependent · IND1520.3%
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
- −31.7%
- INC share
- 36.7% → 34.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —