1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly; 148 seats needed for a majority
Registered	28,386,334
Turnout	20,698,706 (72.92%) 13.21%
Chief Minister before election; Jalagam Vengala Rao; INC(R)	Elected Chief Minister ; Marri Chenna Reddy; INC(I)

The 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 1978.^[1] It was the sixth election. Indira Gandhi formed new party INC(I). Indian National Congress (I) won 175 seats out of 294 seats. While, JP won 60 seats and Independent candidates won 15 seats.

Election results

Constituencies

Type of Constituency	Gen	SC	ST	Total
No. of Constituencies	240	39	15	294

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Contestants

No. of Contestants in a Constituency	1	2	3	4	5	6-10	11-15	Above15
No. of Such Constituencies	0	3	52	60	69	102	7	1

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Total contestants in fray: 1,548

Average contestants per constituency: 5

Minimum contestants in a constituency: 2

Maximum contestants in a constituency: 16 in 207 - Himayatnagar

Performance of women candidates vis-a-vis men candidates

	Men	Women	Total
i. No. of Contestants	1486	62	1548
ii. Elected	284	10	294
iii. Forfeited Deposits	786	30	816

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Results



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (Indira)	7,908,220	39.25	13.04%	175	44
	Janata Party	5,812,532	28.85	new party	60	new party
	Indian National Congress	3,426,850	17.01	16.69%	30	30
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	546,262	2.71	0.47%	8	7
	Communist Party of India	501,452	2.49	3.49%	6	1
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	53,497	0.27	0.12%	0
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	38,691	0.19	new party	0	new party
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6,547	0.03	0.23%	0
	Backward Classes Mahasabha	2,123	0.01		0
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	611	0.00	new party	0	new party
	Republican Party of India	500	0.00	new party	0	new party
	Independents	1,852,808	9.20	23.02%	15	42
Total		20,150,093	100.00	–	294	7

Valid votes		20,150,093	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		548,613	2.65
Total votes		20,698,706	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,386,334	72.92

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Ichapuram	None	Bendalam Venkatesam Sarma	Janata Party
Sompeta	None	Gouthu Latchanna	Janata Party
Tekkali	None	Bammaidi Narayanaswami	Janata Party
Harishchandra	None	Appalanarasimha Bugata Kennapalli	Indian National Congress
Narasannapeta	None	Dola Seetaramulu	Indian National Congress
Patapatnam	None	Kalamata Mohanarao	Independent
Kothuru	ST	Viswasarai Narasimharao	Janata Party
Naguru	ST	Satrucharala Vijaya Rama Raju	Janata Party
Parvathipuram	None	Parasuramnaidu Chikati	Janata Party
Salur	ST	S. R. T. P. S. Veerapa Raju	Communist Party of India
Bobbili	None	Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu	Janata Party
Therlam	None	Vasireddi Varada Ramarao	Indian National Congress
Vunukuru	None	Babu Parankusam Mudili	Janata Party
Palakonda	SC	Kambala Rajaratnam	Janata Party
Amadalavalasa	None	Srinamamurthy Pydi	Indian National Congress
Srikakulam	None	Challa Lakshminarayana	Janata Party
Etcherla	SC	Kothapalli Narasayya	Janata Party
Cheepurupalli	None	Chigilipalli Syamalarao	Indian National Congress
Gajapathinagaram	None	Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu	Janata Party
Vizianagaram	None	Shree Ashok Gajapathi Raju Poosapati	Janata Party
Sathivada	None	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju	Indian National Congress
Bhogapuram	None	Appadudora Kommuru	Indian National Congress
Bheemunipatnam	None	Datla Jagannadha Raju	Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam-i	None	Sunkari Alwar Das	Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam-ii	None	N. S. N. Reddy	Janata Party
Pendurthi	None	Gudivada Appanna	Indian National Congress
Uttarapalli	None	Vijaya Raghava Satyanarayana Padmanabha Raju Kakarlapudi	Indian National Congress
Srungavarapukota	ST	Sanyasidora Duru	Indian National Congress
Paderu	ST	Giddi Appalanaidu	Janata Party
Madugula	None	Kuracha Ramunaidu	Independent
Chodavaram	None	Seetharama Sastri Emani	Janata Party
Anakapalli	None	Koduganti Govindrao	Communist Party of India
Paravada	None	Bhattam Sri Rama Murty	Indian National Congress
Elamanchili	None	Veesamu Sanyasinayudu	Indian National Congress
Payakaraopeta	SC	Maruthi Adeyya	Indian National Congress
Narsipatnam	None	Gopatrudu Bolem	Indian National Congress
Chintapalli	ST	Kondalarao Depuru	Indian National Congress
Yellavaram	ST	Gorrela Prakasa Rao	Indian National Congress
Burugupudi	None	Padma Raju Varrey	Indian National Congress
Rajahmundry	None	Tadavarthi Satyavathi	Indian National Congress
Kadiam	None	Ammiraju Patamsetti	Janata Party
Jaggampeta	None	Pantham Padamanabham	Indian National Congress
Peddapuram	None	Vundavalli Narayanamurthy	Indian National Congress
Prathipadu	None	Mudragada Padmanabham	Janata Party
Tuni	None	Vijayalakshmidevi Meerrja Nallaparaju	Indian National Congress
Pithapuram	None	Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao	Indian National Congress
Sampara	None	Venkatramana Matta	Indian National Congress
Kakinada	None	Malladi Swamy	Indian National Congress
Tallarevu	None	Suryanarayana Biruda	Janata Party
Anaparthy	None	Padala Ammi Reddy	Janata Party
Ramachandrapuram	None	Apparao Pilli	Independent
Alamuru	None	S. Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mummidivaram	SC	Moka Sri Vishnu Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress
Allavaram	SC	Venkatapathi Devarapalli	Indian National Congress
Amalapuram	None	Venkata Sri Rama Rao Palacholla	Janata Party
Kothapeta	None	Manthena Venkata Surya Subharaju	Janata Party
Nagaram	SC	Ganapathi Rao Neethipudi	Indian National Congress
Razole	None	Rudraraju Ramalingaraju	Indian National Congress
Narasapur	None	Sheshavataram Parakala	Indian National Congress
Palacole	None	Vardhineedi Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Achanta	SC	Kota Dhana Raju	Indian National Congress
Bhimavaram	None	Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju	Indian National Congress
Undi	None	Gottumukkala Rama Chandraraju	Indian National Congress
Penugonda	None	Jakkamsetti Venkateswararao	Indian National Congress
Tanuku	None	Kantioydu Appa Rao	Indian National Congress
Attili	None	Indukuri Ramakrishanam Raju	Indian National Congress
Tadepalligudem	None	Chintalapati Seeta Rama Chandra Vara Prasada Murty Raju	Indian National Congress
Ungutur	None	Kadiyala Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Dendulur	None	Neelam Charles	Indian National Congress
Eluru	None	Surya Prakasa Rao Nalabati	Indian National Congress
Gopalpuram	SC	Desari Sarojini Devi	Indian National Congress
Kovvur	None	Munshi Abdul Aziz	Indian National Congress
Polavaram	ST	Nagabhushanam Rasaputra	Indian National Congress
Chintalapudi	None	Gadde Venkateswara Rao	Indian National Congress
Jaggayyapet	None	Ramarao Bodduluru	Indian National Congress
Nandigama	None	Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao	Janata Party
Vijayawada West	None	Pothina Chinna	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada East	None	Nadendla Bhaskar Rao	Indian National Congress
Kankipadu	None	Koneru Ranga Rao	Indian National Congress
Mylavaram	None	Chanamolu Venkata Rao	Indian National Congress
Tiruvuru	SC	Vakkalagadda Adamu	Indian National Congress
Nuzvid	None	Paladag Venkata Rao	Indian National Congress
Gannavaram	None	Puchalapalli Sindarayya	Communist Party of India
Vuyyur	None	Vadde Sohanadreeswara Rao	Janata Party
Gudivada	None	Katari Satyanarayanarao	Indian National Congress
Mudinepalli	None	Pinnamaneni Koteswara Rao	Indian National Congress
Kaikalur	None	Kanumuru Bapiraju	Independent
Malleswaram	None	Buragadda Niranjana Rao	Janata Party
Bandar	None	Vaddi Ranga Rao	Janata Party
Nidumolu	SC	Guturu Bapanayya	Communist Party of India
Avanigadda	None	Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao	Indian National Congress
Kuchinapudi	None	Evuru Subba Rao	Janata Party
Repalle	None	Koratala Satyanarayana	Communist Party of India
Vemur	None	Yadalapati Venkatrao	Indian National Congress
Duggirala	None	G.vedantha Rao	Indian National Congress
Tenali	None	Indira Doddapaneni	Janata Party
Ponnur	None	Nageswara Rao Gogineni	Indian National Congress
Bapatla	None	Kona Prabhakara Rao	Indian National Congress
Prathipad	None	Lakshinarayana Reddy Karumuru	Indian National Congress
Guntur-i	None	Eswara Rao Lingamsetty	Indian National Congress
Guntur-ii	None	Gada Veeranjaneya Sarma	Indian National Congress
Mangalagiri	None	G.v.pathaiah	Janata Party
Tadikonda	SC	Amrutha Rao T.	Indian National Congress
Sattenapalli	None	Ravela Venkatrao	Indian National Congress
Peddakurapadu	None	Ganapa Ramaswamy Reddy	Janata Party
Gurzala	None	Gadipudi Mallikarjunarao	Indian National Congress
Macherla	None	Challa Narapa Reddy	Indian National Congress
Vinukonda	None	Avudari Venkateswarlu	Independent
Narasaraopet	None	Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddi	Indian National Congress
Chilakaluripet	None	Sambaiah Somepalli	Indian National Congress
Chirala	None	Mutte Vinkateswarlu	Indian National Congress
Parchur	None	Maddukuri Narayana Rao	Indian National Congress
Martur	None	Jagarlamudi Chandramouli	Janata Party
Addanki	None	Karanam Balaramakrishna Murthy	Indian National Congress
Ongole	None	Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu	Indian National Congress
Santhanuthalapadu	SC	Yellaiah Vema	Indian National Congress
Kandukur	None	Devi Kondaiah Chudary	Indian National Congress
Kanigiri	None	Ramasubba Reeddy Butalapalli	Indian National Congress
Kondepi	None	Gundapaneni Pattabhi Ramaswamy	Indian National Congress
Cumbum	None	Kandula Obula Reddy	Indian National Congress
Darsi	None	Gnana Prakasam Berre	Indian National Congress
Markapur	None	Poola Subbaiah	Communist Party of India
Giddalur	None	Ranga Reddi Pidpthala	Janata Party
Udayagiri	None	Venkaiah Naidu	Janata Party
Kavali	None	Kaliki Yanadi Reddy	Indian National Congress
Allur	None	Giddaluru Sundara Ramaiah	Indian National Congress
Kovur	None	Pellakuru Ramacandra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Atmakur	None	Bommireddy Sudararami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Rapur	None	Navvula Venkataratnam Naidu	Indian National Congress
Nellore	None	Koonam Venkata Subba Reddy	Indian National Congress
Sarvepalli	None	Chitturu Venkata Sesha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Gudur	SC	Patra Prakasa Rao	Indian National Congress
Sulurpet	SC	Pitla Venkatasubbaiah	Indian National Congress
Venkatagiri	None	Nallapareddi Sreenivasulu Reddy	Indian National Congress
Srikalahasti	None	Vunnam Subramanyam Naidu	Indian National Congress
Satyavedu	SC	C.doss	Indian National Congress
Nagari	None	Chenga Reddy Reddivari	Indian National Congress
Puttur	None	K.b. Siddaiah	Janata Party
Vepanjeri	SC	Bangala Arumugam	Janata Party
Chittoor	None	N.p.venkateswara Choudary	Janata Party
Palmaner	SC	A.ratnam	Indian National Congress
Kuppam	None	B.r.doraswamy Naidu	Indian National Congress
Punganur	None	K.v.pathi	Indian National Congress
Madanapalle	None	Gangarapu Venkata Narayana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Thamballapalle	None	A. mohan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Vayalpad	None	Amarnatha Reddy Nallari	Indian National Congress
Pileru	None	Mogal Sufulla Baig	Indian National Congress
Chandragiri	None	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	Indian National Congress
Tirupathi	None	Agarala Easwara Reddi	Indian National Congress
Kodur	SC	Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah	Janata Party
Rajampet	None	Konduru Prabhavathamma	Indian National Congress
Rayachoty	None	Sugavasi Palakondrayudu	Janata Party
Lakkireddipalli	None	Gadikota Rama Subba Reddy	Indian National Congress
Cuddapah	None	Gajjala Ranga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Badvel	None	Vaddamani Sivaramekrishan Rao	Janata Party
Mydukur	None	D. L Ravindra Reddy	Independent
Proddatur	None	Chandra Obulreddy Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Jammalamadugu	None	Chavva Morammagari Ramanatha Reddy	Janata Party
Kamalapuram	None	Perla Siva Reddy	Independent
Pulivendla	None	Y.s. Rajasekhar Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kadiri	None	Nizam Vali	Indian National Congress
Nallamada	None	Asigam Veerappa	Indian National Congress
Gorantla	None	P.bayapa Reddy	Indian National Congress
Hindupur	None	K.thippeswamy	Indian National Congress
Madakasira	None	Y.thimma Reddy	Indian National Congress
Penukonda	None	Somandepalli Narayana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kalyandrug	SC	Hindi Narasappa	Janata Party
Rayadrug	None	K.b.chennamllappa	Indian National Congress
Uravakonda	None	R.vemanna	Indian National Congress
Gooty	None	K.venkataramaiah	Indian National Congress
Singanamala	SC	B. Rukmani Devi	Janata Party
Anantapur	None	B.t.l.n. Chowary	Indian National Congress
Dharmavaram	None	Ananathareddy Gonuguntla	Indian National Congress
Tadpatri	None	Diddekunta Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress
Alur	SC	Eranna	Indian National Congress
Adoni	None	H. Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Yemmiganur	None	Hanumantha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kodumur	SC	D. Muniswamy	Indian National Congress
Kurnool	None	Md. Ibrahim Khan	Indian National Congress
Pattikonda	None	K.v. Narasappa	Indian National Congress
Dhone	None	Krishna Moorthy K. E.	Indian National Congress
Koilkuntla	None	K. Anki Reddy	Janata Party
Allagadda	None	Gangula Thimma Reddy	Independent
Panyam	None	Erasu Ayyapu Reddy	Janata Party
Nandikotkur	None	Byreddy Seshasayana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Nandyal	None	Bojja Ventatareddy	Janata Party
Atmakur	None	A.vengal Reddy	Indian National Congress
Achampet	SC	R.m.manohar	Indian National Congress
Nagarkurnool	None	Srinivasa Rao	Indian National Congress
Kalwakurthi	None	S.jaipal Reddy	Janata Party
Shadnagar	SC	Kistaiah Bheeshva	Indian National Congress
Jadcherla	None	N.narasappa	Indian National Congress
Mahbubnagar	None	M.ram Reddy	Indian National Congress
Wanaparthy	None	Jaya Ramula	Indian National Congress
Kollapur	None	Kotha Venkateshwar Rao	Indian National Congress
Alampur	None	Ram Bhupal Reddy	Janata Party
Gadwal	None	D.k.sqatya Reddy	Janata Party
Amarchinta	None	Veera Reddy	Indian National Congress
Makthal	None	Narsimlu	Indian National Congress
Kodangal	None	Gurunath Reddy	Independent
Tandur	None	M. Manik Rao	Indian National Congress
Vicarabad	SC	V. B. Thirmalayya	Indian National Congress
Pargi	None	Ahmed Shareef	Indian National Congress
Chevella	None	Chirag Pratap Lingam	Janata Party
Ibrahimpatnam	SC	Sumitra Devi	Indian National Congress
Musheerabad	None	Narsimha Reddy	Janata Party
Himayatnagar	None	Lakshmi Kantama	Janata Party
Sanathnagar	None	Ramdass S.	Indian National Congress
Secunderabad	None	L. Narayana	Janata Party
Khairatabad	None	Janardhan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Secunderabad Cantonment	SC	B. Machinder Rao	Janata Party
Malakpet	None	Kandala Prabhakar Reddy	Janata Party
Asafnagar	None	B. Krishna	Indian National Congress
Maharajgunj	None	Shiv Pershad	Indian National Congress
Karwan	None	Shiv Lal	Indian National Congress
Yakutpura	None	Baqerr Agha	Independent
Chandrayangutta	None	Mohd. Amanullah Khan	Independent
Charminar	None	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	Independent
Medchal	None	M. Channa Reddy	Indian National Congress
Siddipet	None	Ananthula Madan Mohan	Indian National Congress
Dommat	None	Aireni Lingaiah	Indian National Congress
Gajwel	SC	Gajwel Saidiah	Indian National Congress
Narsapur	None	Chilumula Vithal Reddy	Communist Party of India
Sangareddy	None	Narsimha Reddy	Independent
Zahirabad	None	M. Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Narayankhed	None	Shivarao Settkar	Indian National Congress
Medak	None	Seri Lakshma Reddy	Indian National Congress
Ramayampet	None	Rajaiahgari Muthyam Reddy	Indian National Congress
Andole	SC	Rajanarsimha	Indian National Congress
Balkonda	None	Gaddam Rajaram	Indian National Congress
Armoor	None	Santosh Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kamareddy	None	B. Balaiah	Indian National Congress
Yellareddy	None	Tadur Bala Gond	Indian National Congress
Jukkal	SC	Gangaram	Indian National Congress
Banswada	None	M. Sreenivasa Rao	Indian National Congress
Bodhan	None	Gulam Samdhani	Indian National Congress
Nizamabad	None	A. Kishan Das	Indian National Congress
Dichpalli	None	Anthareddy Balreddy	Indian National Congress
Mudhole	None	Gaddanna	Indian National Congress
Nirmal	None	P. Ganga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Boath	ST	T. Amar Singh	Indian National Congress
Adilabad	None	Chilkuri Ramachandra Reddy	Independent
Khanapur	ST	Ambajee	Indian National Congress
Asifabad	SC	Dasari Narsaiah	Indian National Congress
Luxettipet	None	Chunchu Lakshmaiah	Janata Party
Sirpur	None	K. V. Keshavulu	Indian National Congress
Chinnur	SC	C. Narayana	Indian National Congress
Manthani	None	C. Narayana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Peddapalli	None	G. Raji Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mydaram	SC	G. Eshwar	Indian National Congress
Huzurabad	None	Duggirala Venkat Rao	Indian National Congress
Kamalapur	None	Janardhan Reddy P.	Janata Party
Indurthi	None	Deshini Chinna Mallaiah	Communist Party of India
Karimnagar	None	Kondaiah Nalumachu	Indian National Congress
Choppadandi	None	Nayalao Konda Sripathi Rao	Indian National Congress
Jagtial	None	Surender Rao Deevakonda	Indian National Congress
Buggaram	None	Amballa Rajaram	Indian National Congress
Metpalli	None	V. Venkateshwar Rao	Indian National Congress
Sircilla	None	Chennamneni Rajeshwar Rao	Communist Party of India
Narella	SC	Pati Rajam	Indian National Congress
Cheriyal	None	G. Siddaiah	Indian National Congress
Jangaon	None	Kodur Vardha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Chennur	None	Neramugomula Yethiraja Rao	Indian National Congress
Dornakal	None	Surendra Reddy Ramasahayam*	Indian National Congress
Mahbubabad	None	Jannareddi Janardhan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Narsampet	None	Omkar Maddikayala	Communist Party of India
Wardhannapet	None	Jagannadham Macherla	Janata Party
Ghanpur	SC	Goka Ramaswamy	Indian National Congress
Warangal	None	Arelli Buchaiah	Indian National Congress
Hanamkonda	None	T. Hayagriva Chary	Indian National Congress
Shyampet	None	Janga Reddi Chandupatla	Janata Party
Parkal	SC	Bochu Sammaiah	Indian National Congress
Mulug	ST	P. Jagan Naik	Indian National Congress
Bhadrachalam	ST	Yerraiah Reddy Murla	Communist Party of India
Burgampahad	ST	Punem Ramachandraiah	Indian National Congress
Kothagudem	None	Kasaiah Chekuri	Janata Party
Sathupalli	None	Jalagam Vengala Rao	Indian National Congress
Madhira	None	Bandaru Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress
Palair	SC	Hassainu Potta Pinjara	Indian National Congress
Khammam	None	Kesara Anantha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Shujatnagar	None	Buggarapu Sitaramaiah	Indian National Congress
Yellandu	ST	Yerraiah Chapala	Independent
Tungaturthi	None	Swarayam Mallu	Communist Party of India
Suryapet	SC	Annumulapuri Paradamulu	Indian National Congress
Kodad	None	Akkiraju Vasudeva Rao	Janata Party
Miryalguda	None	Aribandi Laxminarayana	Communist Party of India
Chalakurthi	None	Ramulu Nimmala	Indian National Congress
Nakrekal	None	Narra Ragava Reddy	Communist Party of India
Nalgonda	None	Gutha Mohan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Ramannapet	None	Papaiah Komu	Indian National Congress
Alair	SC	Salluri Pochaiah	Indian National Congress
Bhongir	None	Kommidi Narsimna Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mungode	None	Goverdhan Reddy Palvai	Indian National Congress
Deverkonda	ST	D. Ravindra Naik	Indian National Congress

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.

[:0-1] "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.

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