Constituency
23. Rajampet
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-RAJAMPET
INC 54.6%won by 12.7%BLD 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.3% to 12.7%.
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 18.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 41.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 64.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,66,802
Turnout
64.3%
Valid votes
4,28,443
Margin
54,551
12.73%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1POTHURAJU PARTHASARATHIIndian National Congress · INC2,33,84454.6%
- 2P. THIMMA REDDYBLD · BLD1,79,29341.8%
- 3SANGARAJU SESHAGIRI RAOIndependent · IND10,0342.3%
- 4DEVALAPPALLI VENKATA SUBBAREDDYIndependent · IND5,2721.2%
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
- −60.2%
- INC share
- 73.0% → 54.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- 60.8% → 64.3%