Constituency
284. Suryapet
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-SURYAPET
INC 49.4%won by 17.0%JNP 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.3% to 17.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
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
66,946
Margin
11,402
17.03%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1ANNUMULAPURI PARADAMULUIndian National Congress · INC33,09549.4%
- 2MARAPANGU MYSIAHJanata Party · JNP21,69332.4%
- 3UPPULA MALSURUIndependent · IND4,9117.3%
- 4EDLA GOPIAHIndian National Congress · INC4,4406.6%
- 5NAGAMALLA NARSAMMAIndependent · IND1,9602.9%
- 6B.RAMULUIndependent · IND8471.3%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −39.7%
- INC share
- 56.7% → 49.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —