Constituency
18. Narasaraopet
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-NARASARAOPET
INC 58.1%won by 20.8%BLD 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.8% to 20.8%.
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 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 37.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,50,248
Turnout
56.5%
Valid votes
4,23,627
Margin
88,071
20.79%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BRAHMANANDA REDDY KASUIndian National Congress · INC2,46,14658.1%
- 2ILLURI KOTIREDDYBLD · BLD1,58,07537.3%
- 3PUTHOTA SHOWRAIAHIndependent · IND9,2502.2%
- 4YAKUB BAIGIndependent · IND6,4131.5%
- 5SABBASANI MALLA REDDYIndependent · IND3,7430.9%
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
- −44.1%
- INC share
- 64.8% → 58.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- 57.9% → 56.5%