Constituency
262. Jangaon
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-JANGAON
INC 39.5%won by 3.6%CPM 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.7% to 3.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
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
66,514
Margin
2,371
3.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INCSince 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–CPM swing
- −22.0%
- INC share
- 45.7% → 39.5%
- CPM share
- 20.2% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → —