Constituency
263. Chennur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-CHENNUR
INC 41.7%won by 7.0%JNP 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 48.3% to 41.7% of the vote here (−6.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.3% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
68,755
Margin
4,842
7.04%
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
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −41.2%
- INC share
- 48.3% → 41.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- — → —