Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1978
294 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, 70.99% turnout.
Seats
294
Candidates
1,538
54 women, 10 elected
Turnout
70.99%
2.02 cr of 2.84 cr
Leading party
INC(I)
175 of 294 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Andhra Pradesh
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I)INC(I) | 175 | +175 | 290 | 79,08,220 | 39.25% | — |
| JNPJanata Party | 60 | +60 | 270 | 58,12,532 | 28.85% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 30 | -189 | 257 | 34,26,850 | 17.01% | -35.29 |
| INDIndependent | 15 | -42 | 640 | 18,52,808 | 9.20% | -23.02 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 8 | +7 | 22 | 5,46,262 | 2.71% | -0.47 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 6 | -1 | 31 | 5,01,452 | 2.49% | -3.49 |
| RPKRPK | 0 | 0 | 13 | 53,497 | 0.27% | +0.12 |
| ADKADK | 0 | 0 | 9 | 38,691 | 0.19% | — |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6,547 | 0.03% | -0.22 |
| BCMBCM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,123 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| RRPRRP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 611 | 0.00% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 500 | 0.00% | — |
- INC(I)175 (60%)
- JNP60 (20%)
- INC30 (10%)
- IND15 (5%)
- CPM8 (3%)
- CPI6 (2%)
- INC(I)175
- JNP60
- INC30
- IND15
- CPM8
- CPI6
- INC(I)175
- JNP60
- INC30
- IND15
- CPM8
- CPI6
Constituency performance
From the 294 results in Andhra Pradesh
Closest contest
KAIKALUR
won by 46 (0.06%)
Biggest victory
DICHPALLI
won by 31,791 (53.87%)
Highest turnout
MUDINEPALLI
84.40%
Lowest turnout
PADERU
28.32%
Seat change
Against Andhra Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1972), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat294 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 294 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Andhra Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC(I)
- JNP
- INC
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHAMPET | INC(I)R.M.MANOHAR | JNPPUTTAPAGA RADHAKRISHNA | 9,31015.08% | 67.3% |
| ACHANTA | INC(I)KOTA DHANA RAJU | CPMDIDUPATTI SUNDRARA RAJU | 17,88224.61% | 75.6% |
| ADDANKI | INC(I)KARANAM BALARAMAKRISHNA MURTHY | JNPCHENCHUGARATAIAHA BACHINA | 5,1506.33% | 77.0% |
| ADILABAD | INDCHILKURI RAMACHANDRA REDDY | INC(I)CHILKURI VAMAN REDDY | 8,59213.19% | 74.5% |
| ADONI | INC(I)H. SATYANARAYANA | INCH. SITARAMA REDDY | 12,37818.70% | 66.4% |
| ALAIR | INC(I)SALLURI POCHAIAH | JNPPATTI VENKATRAMULU | 19,13727.14% | 71.9% |
| ALAMPUR | JNPRAM BHUPAL REDDY | INDT.RAJANI BABU | 1250.19% | 69.8% |
| ALAMURU | INC(I)S. VENKATA REDDY | JNPS. B. P. B. K. SATYANARAYANA RAO | 6,5377.59% | 81.3% |
| ALLAGADDA | INDGANGULA THIMMA REDDY | INC(I)SOMULA VENKATA SUBBA REDDY | 7,4059.14% | 71.3% |
| ALLAVARAM | INC(I)VENKATAPATHI DEVARAPALLI | RPKB. V. RAMANAYYA | 8,56913.97% | 69.2% |
| ALLUR | INC(I)GIDDALURU SUNDARA RAMAIAH | JNPRABALA DASARADHARAMA REDDY | 13,96619.07% | 72.9% |
| ALUR | INC(I)ERANNA | JNPH. ERANNA | 13,39833.98% | 45.9% |
| AMADALAVALASA | INCSRINAMAMURTHY PYDI | INC(I)VENKATAPPALANAIDU PEERUKATLA | 3,3755.37% | 75.5% |
| AMALAPURAM | JNPVENKATA SRI RAMA RAO PALACHOLLA | INC(I)NAGESWARA RAO DOMMETY | 2,4083.32% | 81.5% |
| AMARCHINTA | INC(I)VEERA REDDY | JNPSOM BHOPAL | 5,3187.58% | 65.6% |
| ANAKAPALLI | CPIKODUGANTI GOVINDRAO | JNPP. V. CHALAPITARAO | 8,43712.40% | 73.0% |
| ANANTAPUR | INC(I)B.T.L.N. CHOWARY | JNPMEDA SUBBAIAH | 3,3355.31% | 65.0% |
| ANAPARTHY | JNPPADALA AMMI REDDY | INCUNDAVILLI SATYANARAYANA MURTY | 14,27918.99% | 82.6% |
| ANDOLE | INCRAJANARSIMHA | INC(I)A. SADANAND | 7381.23% | 64.5% |
| ARMOOR | INC(I)SANTOSH REDDY | JNPGOVIND REDDY K. R. | 31,85748.29% | 71.8% |
| ASAFNAGAR | INC(I)B. KRISHNA | JNPSYED VICARUDDIN | 2,7274.98% | 57.1% |
| ASIFABAD | INC(I)DASARI NARSAIAH | CPIGUNDA MALLESHU | 3,8498.84% | 51.4% |
| ATMAKUR | INC(I)BOMMIREDDY SUDARARAMI REDDY | JNPCHINA KONDAIAH GANGA | 3,2383.94% | 72.3% |
| ATMAKUR | INC(I)A.VENGAL REDDY | JNPT.RANGASAI | 22,56232.30% | 65.0% |
| ATTILI | INC(I)INDUKURI RAMAKRISHANAM RAJU | INCVEGESBA KANKA DURGAVENKATA SATYANARAYANA RAJU M | 8,90411.24% | 76.2% |
| AVANIGADDA | INCMANDALI VENKATA KRISHNA RAO | JNPSAIKAM ARJUNA RAO | 4870.70% | 81.6% |
| BADVEL | JNPVADDAMANI SIVARAMEKRISHAN RAO | INC(I)BIJIVEMULA VEERAREDDY | 10,18312.70% | 80.8% |
| BALKONDA | INC(I)GADDAM RAJARAM | JNPGADDAM MADHUSUDAN REDDY | 20,84432.93% | 73.7% |
| BANDAR | JNPVADDI RANGA RAO | INC(I)CHILLAMKURTI VEERASWAMY ALIAS AMBULU | 1,9022.53% | 72.9% |
| BANSWADA | INC(I)M. SREENIVASA RAO | INDNARAYAN RAO JADAV | 19,23826.98% | 74.4% |
| BAPATLA | INC(I)KONA PRABHAKARA RAO | JNPMUPPALANENI SESHAGIRI RAO | 1890.22% | 77.2% |
| BHADRACHALAM | CPMYERRAIAH REDDY MURLA | INC(I)PUSAM TIRUPATHAIAH | 2,3464.02% | 59.8% |
| BHEEMUNIPATNAM | INC(I)DATLA JAGANNADHA RAJU | INCDEVI KUMARA SOMA SUNDRA SURYANARAYANA RAJU | 21,35532.40% | 68.3% |
| BHIMAVARAM | INC(I)KALIDINDI VIJAYAYANARASIMHA RAJU | JNPMENTAY PADAMANABHAM | 15,23018.92% | 73.5% |
| BHOGAPURAM | INCAPPADUDORA KOMMURU | JNPPATIVADA NARAYANASWAMYNAIDU | 11,44119.33% | 72.2% |
| BHONGIR | INC(I)KOMMIDI NARSIMNA REDDY | JNPKONDA LAKSHMAN BAPUJI | 27,42237.20% | 75.0% |
| BOATH | INC(I)T. AMAR SINGH | JNPGANESH JADHAV | 15,26232.62% | 65.9% |
| BOBBILI | JNPKOLLI VENKATA KURMI NAIDU | INDREDDY SATYA RAO | 13,47719.46% | 81.8% |
| BODHAN | INC(I)GULAM SAMDHANI | INCM. NARAYAN REDDY | 23,08636.25% | 72.7% |
| BUGGARAM | INC(I)AMBALLA RAJARAM | INCVELICHALA JAGAPATHI RAO | 17,30625.52% | 67.6% |
| BURGAMPAHAD | INCPUNEM RAMACHANDRAIAH | INC(I)PAYAM MANGAIAH | 1,0311.81% | 72.3% |
| BURUGUPUDI | INC(I)PADMA RAJU VARREY | JNPSAMBASIVA RAO PENDURTI | 2,9073.56% | 80.6% |
| CHALAKURTHI | INC(I)RAMULU NIMMALA | JNPJANA REDDY KUNDURU | 14,17618.88% | 72.4% |
| CHANDRAGIRI | INC(I)CHANDRABABU NAIDU NARA | JNPKONGARA PATTABHI RAMA CHOWDARY | 2,4943.14% | 75.5% |
| CHANDRAYANGUTTA | INDMOHD. AMANULLAH KHAN | INC(I)M. BALIAH | 1,3332.84% | 57.2% |
| CHARMINAR | INDSULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI | JNPAHMED HUSSAIN | 19,78233.90% | 61.7% |
| CHEEPURUPALLI | INC(I)CHIGILIPALLI SYAMALARAO | INDAKKALANAIDU TANKALA | 10,90916.19% | 70.9% |
| CHENNUR | INCNERAMUGOMULA YETHIRAJA RAO | JNPNAYANI CHITTARANJAN REDDY | 4,8427.04% | 72.3% |
| CHERIYAL | INC(I)G. SIDDAIAH | INDNIMMA RAJA REDDY | 7,05611.99% | 66.2% |
| CHEVELLA | JNPCHIRAG PRATAP LINGAM | INC(I)T. R. ANANDAM | 5,3197.74% | 72.3% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Andhra Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.