Constituency
216. Yakutpura
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-YAKUTPURA
IND 48.9%won by 23.7%JNP 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.8% to 23.7%.
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 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.1% — 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
49,322
Margin
11,694
23.71%
Candidates
9 contested · winner IND- 1BAQERR AGHAIndependent · IND24,09448.9%
- 2SYED HASANJanata Party · JNP12,40025.1%
- 3M. A. KHANIndian National Congress · INC8,05216.3%
- 4ALTAF HUSSAIN JUNAIOIIndian National Congress · INC2,9726.0%
- 5MOHD. BAQUER HUSSAIN SHAZIndependent · IND1,1952.4%
- 6JAMALAPURAM RAJYA LAKSHMIIndependent · IND2620.5%
- 7MIR MUSTAFA ALI BAIGIndependent · IND1610.3%
- 8SYED AHMED MUSTAFA HUSSAINIndependent · IND1210.2%
- 9KAMBALAPALLI CHANDRIAHIndependent · IND650.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–JNP swing
- −32.3%
- IND share
- 56.0% → 48.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —