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 151–200 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTUR | JNPJAGARLAMUDI CHANDRAMOULI | INC(I)KANDLMALLA BUTEHAIAH | 11,10414.60% | 75.8% |
| MEDAK | INC(I)SERI LAKSHMA REDDY | INCKARNAM RAMCHANDRA RAO | 18,44228.66% | 69.8% |
| MEDCHAL | INC(I)M. CHANNA REDDY | JNPT. MOHAN REDDY | 23,17831.02% | 69.6% |
| METPALLI | INC(I)V. VENKATESHWAR RAO | INCCHENNAMANENI RAJESHWAR RAO | 27,30843.87% | 69.4% |
| MIRYALGUDA | CPMARIBANDI LAXMINARAYANA | INC(I)TEDLA LANGAIAH S/O MATTAIAH | 1,9652.13% | 76.4% |
| MUDHOLE | INCGADDANNA | JNPBHIM RAO KADDAM | 24,01738.22% | 67.8% |
| MUDINEPALLI | INCPINNAMANENI KOTESWARA RAO | JNPKAZA RAMANATHAM | 11,83215.06% | 84.4% |
| MULUG | INCP. JAGAN NAIK | JNPCHARPA BHOJA RAO | 1,4692.39% | 71.6% |
| MUMMIDIVARAM | INC(I)MOKA SRI VISHNU PRASADA RAO | JNPAPPALASWAMY BOJJA | 13,22818.14% | 69.7% |
| MUNGODE | INCGOVERDHAN REDDY PALVAI | JNPKANCHARLA RAMKRISHNA REDDY | 13,63119.28% | 73.2% |
| MUSHEERABAD | JNPNARSIMHA REDDY | INC(I)T. ANJIAH | 2,1673.51% | 64.2% |
| MYDARAM | INC(I)G. ESHWAR | INCPANDUGU VENKAT SWAMY | 16,44929.26% | 51.8% |
| MYDUKUR | INDD.L.RAVINDRAREDDY | JNPCHINNA NAGIREDDY SATTIPALLE | 3350.45% | 80.6% |
| MYLAVARAM | INCCHANAMOLU VENKATA RAO | JNPANANDABAI T.E.S. | 5,3207.08% | 79.9% |
| NAGARAM | INC(I)GANAPATHI RAO NEETHIPUDI | JNPS. PEMULU | 14,50420.81% | 75.5% |
| NAGARI | INC(I)CHENGA REDDY REDDIVARI | JNPRAMACHANDRA REDDY CHILAKAM | 7,4538.84% | 75.8% |
| NAGARKURNOOL | INC(I)SRINIVASA RAO | INCGOUD V.N. | 1,3692.15% | 63.3% |
| NAGURU | JNPSATRUCHARALA VIJAYA RAMA RAJU | INCCHANDRA CHUDANAMI DEV VYRICHERLA | 1,5333.03% | 60.2% |
| NAKREKAL | CPMNARRA RAGAVA REDDY | INC(I)NARASAIAH MASARAM | 6,4498.95% | 73.9% |
| NALGONDA | INC(I)GUTHA MOHAN REDDY | JNPSRINIVAS RAO CHAKILAM | 4,1736.08% | 70.7% |
| NALLAMADA | INC(I)ASIGAM VEERAPPA | JNPK.RMACHANDRA REDDY | 1,8362.71% | 73.4% |
| NANDIGAMA | JNPMUKKAPATI VENKATESWARA RAO | INC(I)GUDE MADHUSUDHANA RAO | 7,2789.47% | 80.5% |
| NANDIKOTKUR | INC(I)BYREDDY SESHASAYANA REDDY | INDMADDURU SUBBA REDDY | 10,77214.13% | 76.7% |
| NANDYAL | JNPBOJJA VENTATAREDDY | INC(I)NABI SAHEB S.B. | 1,6932.25% | 72.9% |
| NARASANNAPETA | INC(I)DOLA SEETARAMULU | JNPSIMMA JAGANNADHAM | 5,7268.87% | 76.8% |
| NARASAPUR | INC(I)SHESHAVATARAM PARAKALA | JNPPOLISETTI VASUDEVA RAO | 11,83414.87% | 77.6% |
| NARASARAOPET | INCKASU VENKATA KRISHNA REDDI | JNPKOTHURI VENKATESWARLU | 6,9058.10% | 72.1% |
| NARAYANKHED | INC(I)SHIVARAO SETTKAR | INCVENKAT REDDY | 11,27716.63% | 65.2% |
| NARELLA | INC(I)PATI RAJAM | INCGOTTE BHOOPATHY | 13,65120.17% | 67.0% |
| NARSAMPET | CPMOMKAR MADDIKAYALA | INCGHANTA PRATAP REDDY | 21,51330.28% | 76.9% |
| NARSAPUR | CPICHILUMULA VITHAL REDDY | INC(I)CHOWTI JAGANNATH RAO | 2,2203.24% | 76.7% |
| NARSIPATNAM | INCGOPATRUDU BOLEM | JNPSURYANARAYANARAJU SRI RAJA SAGI | 8,56011.14% | 79.9% |
| NELLORE | INC(I)KOONAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDY | JNPANAM VENKATA REDDY | 31,26841.98% | 71.1% |
| NIDUMOLU | CPMGUTURU BAPANAYYA | INC(I)KALAPALA NANCHARAYYA | 19,83626.52% | 76.1% |
| NIRMAL | INC(I)P. GANGA REDDY | INCP. NARSA REDDY | 2,0083.19% | 73.0% |
| NIZAMABAD | INC(I)A. KISHAN DAS | JNPGANGA REDDY | 14,03323.16% | 65.3% |
| NUZVID | INC(I)PALADAG VENKATA RAO | JNPKOLLI VARAPRASADA RAO | 19,18823.73% | 81.9% |
| ONGOLE | INC(I)SRUNGARAPU JEEVARATNAM NAIDU | JNPVENKATESWARA REDDY BALINENI | 5,0807.01% | 68.3% |
| PADERU | JNPGIDDI APPALANAIDU | INCTHAMARBA CHITTINAIDU | 2,50710.04% | 28.3% |
| PALACOLE | INC(I)VARDHINEEDI SATYANARAYANA | INCCHODISETTI SURYARAO | 13,06318.72% | 75.0% |
| PALAIR | INC(I)HASSAINU POTTA PINJARA | JNPKOTA GURU MURTHY | 5,7527.97% | 79.0% |
| PALAKONDA | JNPKAMBALA RAJARATNAM | INC(I)DARAMANA ADINARAYANA | 11,75821.94% | 67.5% |
| PALMANER | INC(I)A.RATNAM | JNPANJANEYULU | 5,0768.38% | 62.1% |
| PANYAM | JNPERASU AYYAPU REDDY | INC(I)BALARAMI REDDI MUNAGALA | 8,75012.37% | 71.8% |
| PARAVADA | INCBHATTAM SRI RAMA MURTY | JNPPAYILA APPALANAIDU | 13,49220.70% | 68.4% |
| PARCHUR | INC(I)MADDUKURI NARAYANA RAO | JNPGADE VENKATAREDDY | 4,9376.29% | 78.5% |
| PARGI | INC(I)AHMED SHAREEF | INCK. RAM REDDY | 8,57312.59% | 66.5% |
| PARKAL | INC(I)BOCHU SAMMAIAH | JNPMAREPALLI ELIAH | 8,78715.23% | 62.5% |
| PARVATHIPURAM | JNPPARASURAMNAIDU CHIKATI | INCKRISHNAMURTHY NAIDU VASIREDDI | 14,82323.16% | 77.8% |
| PATAPATNAM | INDKALAMATA MOHANARAO | JNPLUKULAPU LAKSHMANADAS | 8241.34% | 72.4% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1978?
INC(I) won 175 of 294 seats in Andhra Pradesh, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1978?
Turnout was 70.99% — 2.02 cr of 2.84 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Andhra Pradesh have?
Andhra Pradesh has 294 assembly seats.
