Constituency
259. Sircilla
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-SIRCILLA
CPI 40.4%won by 13.9%INC 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 13.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 45.2% to 40.4% of the vote here (−4.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
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
70,976
Margin
9,878
13.92%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1CHENNAMNENI RAJESHWAR RAOCommunist Party of India · CPI28,68540.4%
- 2NAGULA MALLAIAHIndian National Congress · INC18,80726.5%
- 3JUVVDI NARSING RAOJanata Party · JNP14,20620.0%
- 4JUWADI CHALAPATHI RAOIndependent · IND6,9039.7%
- 5GUDISE KANTHAIAHBCM · BCM1,5692.2%
- 6THOTA RAGHAVULUIndependent · IND8061.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +19.2%
- CPI share
- 45.2% → 40.4%
- INC share
- 50.5% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —