Constituency
22. Chittoor
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CHITTOOR
INC 50.0%won by 2.3%BLD 47.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.6% to 2.3%.
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 17.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 47.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,99,218
Turnout
65.6%
Valid votes
4,58,705
Margin
10,447
2.28%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1P. RAJAGOPAL NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC2,29,25250.0%
- 2N. P. CHANGALRAYA NAIDUBLD · BLD2,18,80547.7%
- 3YELLARUBYLU RAMI REDDYIndependent · IND7,7061.7%
- 4P. M. ERRAPPA NAIDUIndependent · IND2,9420.6%
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
- −65.5%
- INC share
- 67.8% → 50.0%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 47.7%
- Turnout
- 66.7% → 65.6%