Constituency
231. Armur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ARMUR
INC 67.6%won by 48.3%JNP 19.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 42.1% to 48.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 19.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
65,973
Margin
31,857
48.29%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SANTOSH REDDYIndian National Congress · INC44,62867.6%
- 2GOVIND REDDY K. R.Janata Party · JNP12,77119.4%
- 3SUDERSHAN RAOIndependent · IND3,9406.0%
- 4ALLA RAJVEERIndian National Congress · INC2,6544.0%
- 5JANGITI RAJA RAOIndependent · IND1,9803.0%
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
- −14.5%
- INC share
- 62.8% → 67.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 19.4%
- Turnout
- — → —