Constituency
16. Guntur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GUNTUR
INC 57.4%won by 16.9%BLD 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.9% to 16.9%.
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 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.0% to 64.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,90,342
Turnout
64.1%
Valid votes
5,06,590
Margin
85,529
16.88%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KOTHA RAGHURAMAIAHIndian National Congress · INC2,90,91457.4%
- 2KASARANEINI SADASIVA RAOBLD · BLD2,05,38540.5%
- 3BALABHADRADRAPATHRUNI SRINADHA RAOIndependent · IND3,6220.7%
- 4DESU ANJANEYULUIndependent · IND3,2050.6%
- 5PANDARABOINA SAMBASIVA RAO YADAVIndependent · IND2,0720.4%
- 6BABU RAJENDRA PRASAD PULLAIndependent · IND1,3920.3%
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
- −45.6%
- INC share
- 62.5% → 57.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- 66.1% → 64.1%