Constituency
8. Kakinada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KAKINADA
INC 61.9%won by 28.4%BLD 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 81.8% to 28.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 66.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,56,501
Turnout
66.2%
Valid votes
4,34,644
Margin
1,23,268
28.36%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1SANJEEVIRAO M. S.Indian National Congress · INC2,69,01761.9%
- 2VADDI MUTYALARAOBLD · BLD1,45,74933.5%
- 3CHINTA SUBBARAOIndependent · IND11,1512.6%
- 4DADALA RAMANAYYAIndependent · IND5,5571.3%
- 5CHINTAPALLI APPARAOIndependent · IND3,1700.7%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −59.1%
- INC share
- 87.5% → 61.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- 63.2% → 66.2%