Constituency
266. Narsampet
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-NARSAMPET
CPM 50.6%won by 30.3%INC 20.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 30.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
71,043
Margin
21,513
30.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1OMKAR MADDIKAYALACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM35,93150.6%
- 2GHANTA PRATAP REDDYIndian National Congress · INC14,41820.3%
- 3EPUR SRINIVAS REDDYIndependent · IND11,82616.6%
- 4PENDAM KATTIAHIndian National Congress · INC8,86812.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +25.3%
- CPM share
- 52.5% → 50.6%
- INC share
- 47.5% → 20.3%
- Turnout
- — → —