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Constituency

274. Bhadrachalam

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978

AP-BHADRACHALAM

CPM 36.0%won by 4.0%INC 32.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 4.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 32.0% to 36.0% of the vote here (+4.1%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 75.4% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
58,288
Margin
2,346
4.02%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+15.5%
CPM share
32.0% 36.0%
INC share
43.5% 32.0%
Turnout