Constituency
214. Maharajganj
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-MAHARAJGANJ
INC 45.1%won by 0.5%JNP 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.0% to 0.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 266 votes (0.53%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered3 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
50,569
Margin
266
0.53%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SHIV PERSHADIndian National Congress · INC22,80145.1%
- 2BADRI VISHAL PITTIJanata Party · JNP22,53544.6%
- 3N. LAXMINARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC3,8197.6%
- 4KHURSHEED HUSSAINIndependent · IND5831.2%
- 5LAXMAN RAOIndependent · IND3380.7%
- 6SYED JAFAULLAHIndependent · IND2270.4%
- 7RAJA RAM SASTRYIndependent · IND1550.3%
- 8D. SASTHYANARAYANA SASTRYIndependent · IND1110.2%
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
- −43.8%
- INC share
- 44.3% → 45.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —