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Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1978

The 6th Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC(I)
175 seats · majority
Candidates
1,538
54 women, 10 elected
Turnout
70.98%
2.02 cr of 2.84 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • INC(I)175
  • JNP60
  • INC30
  • IND15
  • CPM8
  • CPI6

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Andhra Pradesh assembly election (1972)

INC
-189
IND
-42
CPM
+7

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INC(I)INC(I)175—29039.7%79,08,22039.25%—18
JNPJanata Party60—27031.5%58,12,53228.85%—36
INCIndian National Congress30-18925719.5%34,26,85017.01%-35.29130
INDIndependent15-426404.3%18,52,8089.20%-23.02593
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)8+72234.6%5,46,2622.71%-0.471
CPICommunist Party of India6-13123.4%5,01,4522.49%-3.4912
RPKRPK00136.0%53,4970.27%+0.1211
ADKADK0—96.2%38,6910.19%—9
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam0024.1%6,5470.03%-0.222
BCMBCM0021.5%2,1230.01%+0.012
RRPRRP0—11.1%6110.00%—1
RPIRPI0—10.7%5000.00%—1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Andhra Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1978

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
DICHPALLIAndhra PradeshINC(I)ANTHAREDDY BALREDDYINCD. R. BHOOM RAO31,79153.87%
DHONEAndhra PradeshINC(I)KRISHNA MOORTHY K. E.INCMEKALA SESHANNA29,95050.88%
ARMOORAndhra PradeshINC(I)SANTOSH REDDYJNPGOVIND REDDY K. R.31,85748.29%
RAMAYAMPETAndhra PradeshINC(I)RAJAIAHGARI MUTHYAM REDDYJNPKONDAL REDDY M.32,42845.31%
METPALLIAndhra PradeshINC(I)V. VENKATESHWAR RAOINCCHENNAMANENI RAJESHWAR RAO27,30843.87%
NELLOREAndhra PradeshINC(I)KOONAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDYJNPANAM VENKATA REDDY31,26841.98%
POLAVARAMAndhra PradeshINC(I)NAGABHUSHANAM RASAPUTRAJNPMODIYAM LAKSHMANA RAO24,39941.48%
VIZIANAGARAMAndhra PradeshJNPSHREE ASHOK GAJAPATHI RAJU POOSAPATIINCAPPANADORA APPASANI26,08538.99%
YELLAREDDYAndhra PradeshINC(I)TADUR BALA GONDJNPVITTALREDDYGARI VENKAT RAMA REDDY25,31038.29%
MUDHOLEAndhra PradeshINCGADDANNAJNPBHIM RAO KADDAM24,01738.22%

Closest results of Feb 1978

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KAIKALURAndhra PradeshINDKANUMURU BAPIRAJUINC(I)SUDABATHULA NAGESWARA RAO460.06%
MARKAPURAndhra PradeshCPIPOOLA SUBBAIAHJNPVENNA VENKATA NARAYANAREDDY830.11%
ALAMPURAndhra PradeshJNPRAM BHUPAL REDDYINDT.RAJANI BABU1250.19%
BAPATLAAndhra PradeshINC(I)KONA PRABHAKARA RAOJNPMUPPALANENI SESHAGIRI RAO1890.22%
RAMACHANDRAPURAMAndhra PradeshINDAPPARAO PILLIJNPMUDRAGADA VENKASTASWAMY NAIDU2610.35%
MYDUKURAndhra PradeshINDD.L.RAVINDRAREDDYJNPCHINNA NAGIREDDY SATTIPALLE3350.45%
VENKATAGIRIAndhra PradeshINC(I)NALLAPAREDDI SREENIVASULU REDDYJNPPADILETI VENKATASWAMY REDDY4120.53%
MAHARAJGUNJAndhra PradeshINC(I)SHIV PERSHADJNPBADRI VISHAL PITTI2660.53%
YELLANDUAndhra PradeshINDYERRAIAH CHAPALACPMKANGALA BUCHAIAH3380.58%
VEMURAndhra PradeshINC(I)YADALAPATI VENKATRAOJNPVEERAIAH KODALI5060.63%