Constituency
225. Zahirabad
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ZAHIRABAD
INC 55.5%won by 13.5%JNP 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 13.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.0% — 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
68,938
Margin
9,310
13.50%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1M. BAGA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC38,29155.5%
- 2P. NARSIMHA REDDYJanata Party · JNP28,98142.0%
- 3BEJUGUM RAJESHWARIndian National Congress · INC1,6662.4%
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
- −35.5%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 55.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- — → —