Constituency
218. Charminar
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-CHARMINAR
IND 52.0%won by 33.9%JNP 18.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.0% to 33.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 18.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.0% of the vote between them, up from 58.0% — 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
58,351
Margin
19,782
33.90%
Candidates
7 contested · winner IND- 1SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISIIndependent · IND30,32852.0%
- 2AHMED HUSSAINJanata Party · JNP10,54618.1%
- 3MD. AHMED ALIIndian National Congress · INC9,60616.5%
- 4BANARSI LAL GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC5,1608.8%
- 5MD. OSMAN SHAHEDDIndependent · IND1,9563.4%
- 6MOHD. OSMANIndependent · IND6621.1%
- 7RAMCHANDER AGARWALIndependent · IND930.2%
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
- −8.6%
- IND share
- 42.5% → 52.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 18.1%
- Turnout
- — → —