Constituency
222. Gajwel
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-GAJWEL
INC 52.9%won by 13.8%JNP 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.0% to 13.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 39.1% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.0% between them, down from 99.1% — the field split more ways.
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
63,463
Margin
8,731
13.76%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GAJWEL SAIDIAHIndian National Congress · INC33,55052.9%
- 2ALLAM SAILUJanata Party · JNP24,81939.1%
- 3YEDLA BHOMMIAHIndian National Congress · INC4,0056.3%
- 4MANNE BALIAHIndependent · IND1,0891.7%
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
- −41.3%
- INC share
- 55.0% → 52.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- — → —