Constituency
236. Bodhan
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-BODHAN
INC 54.2%won by 36.2%INC 18.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 36.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 80.8% — 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
63,692
Margin
23,086
36.25%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1GULAM SAMDHANIIndian National Congress · INC34,52654.2%
- 2M. NARAYAN REDDYIndian National Congress · INC11,44018.0%
- 3MAHARATHIJanata Party · JNP10,71416.8%
- 4GOVIND RAO DESHMUKHIndependent · IND5,1698.1%
- 5BHEEM RAOIndependent · IND1,4022.2%
- 6ABBA REDDYIndependent · IND4410.7%
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–INC swing
- 0.0%
- INC share
- 47.9% → 54.2%
- INC share
- 47.9% → 54.2%
- Turnout
- — → —