Constituency
247. Chinnur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-CHINNUR
INC 49.8%won by 26.6%JNP 23.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 26.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.0% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — 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
51,159
Margin
13,598
26.58%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1C. NARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC25,47649.8%
- 2VOTARIKARI PRABAHKARJanata Party · JNP11,87823.2%
- 3TAGARAM VENKATYIndian National Congress · INC11,22321.9%
- 4CHINTHALA SURYANARAYANAIndependent · IND2,2764.4%
- 5VONDRA DHARMAJIIndependent · IND3060.6%
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
- +26.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 49.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.2%
- Turnout
- — → —