Constituency
10. Amalapuram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-AMALAPURAM
INC 64.7%won by 32.3%BLD 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 70.2% to 32.3%.
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 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,39,473
Turnout
65.8%
Valid votes
4,20,509
Margin
1,35,989
32.34%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KUSUMA KRISHNA MURTYIndian National Congress · INC2,71,98264.7%
- 2B. V. RAMANAYYABLD · BLD1,35,99332.3%
- 3MOHANARAO KANETYIndependent · IND12,5343.0%
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
- −49.8%
- INC share
- 82.1% → 64.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- 65.2% → 65.8%