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283. Tungaturthi

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978

AP-TUNGATURTHI

CPM 33.5%won by 7.4%IND 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 7.4%.

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

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.6% between them, down from 67.9% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
76,365
Margin
5,647
7.39%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SWARAYAM MALLUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,58033.5%
  2. 2SHYAMUNDER REDDY JANNAREDDYIndependent · IND19,93326.1%
  3. 3GORUGANTI VENKATA NARSAIAHIndian National Congress · INC15,59820.4%
  4. 4YARAGANI YAGIAHIndian National Congress · INC10,14513.3%
  5. 5ELAMAREDDI GOPAL REDDIIndependent · IND5,1096.7%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–IND swing
+14.0%
CPM share
30.7% → 33.5%
IND share
37.2% → 26.1%
Turnout
— → —
282. Yellanda284. Suryapet
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