Constituency
280. Khammam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-KHAMMAM
INC 43.2%won by 13.9%CPM 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.8% to 43.2% of the vote here (+4.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 80.4% — 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
74,920
Margin
10,417
13.90%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCSince 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −7.5%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 43.2%
- CPM share
- 17.4% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —