Constituency
230. Balkonda
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-BALKONDA
INC 64.7%won by 32.9%JNP 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 32.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
63,305
Margin
20,844
32.93%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1GADDAM RAJARAMIndian National Congress · INC40,97764.7%
- 2GADDAM MADHUSUDAN REDDYJanata Party · JNP20,13331.8%
- 3ANAND VELUMALAIndian National Congress · INC2,1953.5%
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
- −23.2%
- INC share
- 56.2% → 64.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —