Constituency
19. Ongole
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-ONGOLE
INC 56.0%won by 19.8%BLD 36.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.8% to 19.8%.
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 14.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.3% to 60.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,41,462
Turnout
60.8%
Valid votes
4,50,638
Margin
89,325
19.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1PULI VENKATA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC2,52,20656.0%
- 2MUPPAVARAPU VENKAIAH ALIAS VENKAIAH NAIDUBLD · BLD1,62,88136.1%
- 3GUJJALA YALLAMANDA REDDYCommunist Party of India · CPI35,5517.9%
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
- −51.1%
- INC share
- 70.9% → 56.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 36.1%
- Turnout
- 67.1% → 60.8%