Constituency
282. Yellanda
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-YELLANDA
IND 25.3%won by 0.6%CPM 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 3.0% to 25.3% of the vote here (+22.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.1% between them, down from 69.0% — 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
58,769
Margin
338
0.58%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1YERRAIAH CHAPALAIndependent · IND14,89725.3%
- 2KANGALA BUCHAIAHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,55924.8%
- 3SOMULU BONATHUIndian National Congress · INC13,13722.4%
- 4KOMARAM RAMAIAHIndian National Congress · INC12,34721.0%
- 5MOKALLA PAPAIAHIndependent · IND2,8234.8%
- 6LAXMAIAH JAREIndependent · IND1,0061.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–CPM swing
- +19.3%
- IND share
- 3.0% → 25.3%
- CPM share
- 21.7% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —