Constituency
291. Alair
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-ALAIR
INC 52.5%won by 27.1%JNP 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 27.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
70,501
Margin
19,137
27.14%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SALLURI POCHAIAHIndian National Congress · INC36,98952.5%
- 2PATTI VENKATRAMULUJanata Party · JNP17,85225.3%
- 3MUKKA RAJAMALLAIAHIndian National Congress · INC13,38119.0%
- 4YATA VEMKATA SWAMYIndependent · IND2,2793.2%
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
- −13.9%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 52.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —