Who won Vijayawada West in the 1978 Assembly election?

POTHINA CHINNA of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Vijayawada West in the 1978 Assembly election with 33,587 votes (38.2% vote share), a margin of 4,389 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

77. Vijayawada West

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1978

AP-VIJAYAWADA-WEST

INC 38.2%won by 5.0%JNP 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 5.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

87,926

Margin

4,389

4.99%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC

1POTHINA CHINNA Indian National Congress · INC33,58738.2%
2MOHAMMED IMTHIZUDDIN Janata Party · JNP29,19833.2%
3TAMMINA POTHARAJU Communist Party of India · CPI18,82621.4%
4ASIF PASHA Indian National Congress · INC4,9665.6%
5P.RADHA KRISHNA MURTHY Independent · IND1,0431.2%
6MADALA VENKATA SUBBARAO Independent · IND3060.3%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–JNP swing: −32.4%
INC share: 37.4% → 38.2%
JNP share: 0.0% → 33.2%
Turnout: — → —

76. Nandigama 78. Vijayawada East

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