Constituency
294. Devarakonda
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978
AP-DEVARAKONDA
INC 56.5%won by 25.0%CPI 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 24.3% to 56.5% of the vote here (+32.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
62,576
Margin
15,674
25.05%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1D.RAVINDRA NAIKIndian National Congress · INC35,34056.5%
- 2KETHAVATH HARIYACommunist Party of India · CPI19,66631.4%
- 3SAKRU MUDAVATHJanata Party · JNP7,57012.1%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +47.0%
- INC share
- 24.3% → 56.5%
- CPI share
- 46.3% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- — → —