Constituency
237. Nizamabad
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-NIZAMABAD
INC 55.1%won by 23.2%JNP 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.8% to 55.1% of the vote here (+32.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.7% — a tighter two-way 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
60,588
Margin
14,033
23.16%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1A. KISHAN DASIndian National Congress · INC33,37555.1%
- 2GANGA REDDYJanata Party · JNP19,34231.9%
- 3BOJJA THARAKAMIndependent · IND5,3028.8%
- 4V. CHAKRADHAR RAOIndian National Congress · INC2,5694.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- +0.4%
- INC share
- 22.8% → 55.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —