Constituency
235. Banswada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-BANSWADA
INC 43.7%won by 27.0%IND 16.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 27.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.5% between them, down from 68.9% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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
71,308
Margin
19,238
26.98%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1M. SREENIVASA RAOIndian National Congress · INC31,17843.7%
- 2NARAYAN RAO JADAVIndependent · IND11,94016.7%
- 3S. VITHAL REDDYJanata Party · JNP10,88015.3%
- 4BALARAJIAH NAGULAGAMAIndian National Congress · INC9,15412.8%
- 5S. V. L. NARASIMHA RAOIndependent · IND3,1694.4%
- 6CHANDRA BHANUIndependent · IND3,0944.3%
- 7BHEEM RAOIndependent · IND1,6532.3%
- 8GURUNARAYANIndependent · IND2400.3%
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–IND swing
- +22.3%
- INC share
- 36.8% → 43.7%
- IND share
- 32.1% → 16.7%
- Turnout
- — → —