Constituency
288. Nakrekal
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-NAKREKAL
CPM 35.7%won by 9.0%INC 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 29.9% to 35.7% of the vote here (+5.8%).
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
72,031
Margin
6,449
8.95%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1NARRA RAGAVA REDDYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM25,68735.7%
- 2NARASAIAH MASARAMIndian National Congress · INC19,23826.7%
- 3YANALA MALLA REDDYIndependent · IND18,36425.5%
- 4KAMALAMMA MOOSAPATIIndian National Congress · INC4,0925.7%
- 5DYDA SUNDARAIAHIndependent · IND3,6065.0%
- 6KRISHNA RAO AKKINEPALLYIndependent · IND5500.8%
- 7GADE RANGA REDDYIndependent · IND4940.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +15.9%
- CPM share
- 29.9% → 35.7%
- INC share
- 36.8% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —