Constituency
9. Rajahmundry
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAJAHMUNDRY
INC 61.1%won by 24.4%BLD 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.7% to 24.4%.
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 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,07,836
Turnout
67.6%
Valid votes
4,78,638
Margin
1,16,759
24.39%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PATTABHIRAMA RAO S. B. P.Indian National Congress · INC2,92,32361.1%
- 2MANTHENA VENKATA SURYA SUBBARAJUBLD · BLD1,75,56436.7%
- 3PADMARAJU VARREYIndependent · IND6,1571.3%
- 4VEMAVARAPU SAMUELIndependent · IND2,8330.6%
- 5DADALA RAMANAYYAIndependent · IND1,7610.4%
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
- −40.2%
- INC share
- 64.6% → 61.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 67.3% → 67.6%