1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
25 February 1978 (1978-02-25)
All 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Registered28,386,334
Turnout20,698,706 (72.92%)
Increase 13.21%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Marri Chenna Reddy Gouthu Latchanna Jalagam Vengala Rao
Party INC(I) JP INC(R)
Leader since 1978 1977 1978
Leader's seat Medchal (won) Sompeta (won) Sathupalli (won)
Last election Party did not exist Party did not exist 219 seats, 52.29%
Seats won 175 60 30
Seat change New party New party Decrease 189
Popular vote 7,908,220 5,812,532 3,426,850
Percentage 39.25% 28.85% 17.05%
Swing New party New party Decrease 35.24%
1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results
Chief Minister before election

Jalagam Vengala Rao
INC(R)

 Chief Minister after election

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.

Results

Vote share

Vote share by party
  1. Indian National Congress (Indira) (39.2%)
  2. Janata Party (28.9%)
  3. Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) (17.0%)
  4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2.71%)
  5. Communist Party of India (2.49%)
  6. Others (9.70%)

Seat share

Seat share by party
  1. Indian National Congress (Indira) (59.5%)
  2. Janata Party (20.4%)
  3. Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) (10.2%)
  4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2.72%)
  5. Communist Party of India (2.04%)
  6. Others (5.10%)

Results by party

Source:[2]
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Indian National Congress (Indira) 7,908,220 39.25 Steady new 290 175 Steady new
Janata Party 5,812,532 28.85 Steady new 270 60 Steady new
Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) 3,426,850 17.01 Decrease 189 257 30 Decrease 35.24
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 546,262 2.71 Decrease 0.47 22 8 Increase 7
Communist Party of India 501,452 2.49 Decrease 3.49 31 6 Decrease 1
Other parties 101,969 0.50 N/A 28 0 N/A
Independents 1,852,808 9.20 Decrease 23.02 640 15 Decrease 42
Total 20,150,093 100.00 N/A 1,538 294 N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes 20,150,093 97.35
Invalid votes 548,613 2.65
Votes cast/ turnout 20,698,706 72.92
Abstentions 7,687,628 27.08
Registered voters 28,386,334

Results by district

District Seats
INC(I) JP INC(R) CPI CPI(M) Others
Srikakulam 12 1 8 2 0 0 1
Vizianagaram 12 3 5 3 1 0 0
Visakhapatnam 13 5 3 3 1 0 1
East Godavari 21 12 6 2 0 0 1
West Godavari 16 16 0 0 0 0 0
Krishna 17 10 4 0 0 2 1
Guntur 19 10 4 1 0 1 1
Prakasam 13 9 2 0 1 0 0
Nellore 11 10 1 0 0 0 0
Chittoor 15 11 4 0 0 0 0
Kadapa 11 3 4 3 2 0 2
Anantapur 14 12 2 0 0 0 0
Kurnool 13 9 3 1 0 0 1
Mahbubnagar 13 8 3 1 0 0 1
Ranga Reddy 6 5 1 0 0 0 0
Hyderabad 13 4 5 0 0 0 4
Medak 10 7 0 1 1 0 1
Nizamabad 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
Adilabad 9 6 1 0 0 0 1
Karimnagar 13 8 1 1 2 0 1
Warangal 13 7 2 0 0 1 0
Khammam 9 4 1 2 0 1 1
Nalgonda 12 7 1 1 0 3 0
Total 294 175 60 30 6 8 16

Results by constituency

District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Srikakulam 1 Ichchapuram Bendalam Venkatesam Sarma JP 34,251 56.11 Labala Sundara Rao INC(I) 19,805 32.45 14,446
2 Sompeta Gouthu Latchanna JP 42,251 57.72 Majji Tulasi Das INC(I) 28,251 38.60 14,000
3 Tekkali Bammaidi Narayanaswami JP 36,206 54.28 Satharu Lakanadham Naidu INC(R) 22,502 33.73 13,704
4 Harishchandrapuram Kannepalli Appalanarasimha Bhukta INC(R) 26,381 43.06 Kinjarapu Krishna Murti JP 24,070 39.29 2,311
5 Narasannapeta Dola Seetaramulu INC(I) 28,123 43.56 Simma Jagannadham JP 22,397 34.69 5,726
6 Pathapatnam Kalamata Mohanarao IND 19,935 32.35 Lukulapu Lakshmanadas JP 19,111 31.02 824
7 Kothuru Viswasarai Narasimharao JP 25,317 44.67 Nimmaka Gopala Rao INC(I) 21,724 38.33 3,593
Vizianagaram 8 Naguru (ST) Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju JP 19,781 39.03 Chandra Chudanami Dev Vyricherla INC(R) 18,248 36.01 1,533
9 Parvathipuram Parasuramnaidu Chikati JP 32,494 50.78 Krishnamurthy Naidu Vasireddi INC(R) 17,671 27.61 14,823
10 Salur (ST) S.R.T.P.S.Veerapa Raju CPI 29,126 54.34 Lakshmi Narasimha Sahyasi Raju JP 24,477 45.66 4,649
11 Bobbili Kolli Venkata Kurmi Naidu JP 29,184 42.14 Reddy Satya Rao IND 15,707 22.68 13,477
12 Therlam Vasireddi Varada Ramarao INC(R) 29,024 38.06 Tentu Lakshunnaidu JP 26,735 35.06 2,289
Srikakulam 13 Vunukuru Babu Parankusam Mudili JP 26,617 36.28 Palavalasa Rimkinamma INC(R) 20,030 27.30 6,587
14 Palakonda (SC) Kambala Rajaratnam JP 24,145 45.05 Daramana Adinarayana INC(I) 12,387 23.11 11,758
15 Amadalavalasa Srinamamurthy Pydi INC(R) 21,750 34.61 Venkatappalanaidu Peerukatla INC(I) 18,375 29.24 3,375
16 Srikakulam Challa Lakshminarayana JP 23,643 33.32 Raghavadas Tripurna INC(I) 16,556 23.33 7,087
17 Etcherla (SC) Kothapalli Narasayya JP 25,272 46.82 Boddepalli Narasimhulu INC(I) 15,481 28.68 9,791
Vizianagaram 18 Cheepurupalli Chigilipalli Syamalarao INC(I) 27,943 41.46 Akkalanaidu Tankala IND 17,034 25.28 10,929
19 Gajapathinagaram Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu JP 27,091 37.11 Venkata Gangaraju Narkedamilli IND 23,945 32.80 3,146
20 Vizianagaram Ashok Gajapathi Raju JP 39,914 59.67 Appasani Appanadora INC(R) 13,829 20.67 26,085
21 Sathivada Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju INC(R) 35,935 51.76 Byreddi Surya Narayana JP 13,853 19.95 22,082
22 Bhogapuram Appadudora Kommuru INC(R) 30,716 51.89 Pathivada Narayanaswamy Naidu JP 19,275 32.56 11,441
Visakhapatnam 23 Bheemunipatnam Datla Jagannadha Raju INC(I) 34,758 52.74 Devi Kumara Soma Sundra Suryanarayana Raju Raja Sagi INC(R) 13,403 20.34 21,355
24 Visakhapatnam-I Sunkari Alwar Das INC(I) 23,811 45.29 Sylada Pudithalli Naidu JP 21,389 40.68 2,422
25 Visakhapatnam-II N.S.N.Reddy JP 34,070 46.91 Ch.Sesibhusana Rao INC(I) 22,503 30.98 11,567
26 Pendurthi Gudivada Appanna INC(I) 28,895 41.45 Sabbella Gangadhara Reddy CPI(M) 18,848 27.04 10,047
Vizianagaram 27 Uttarapalli K. V. R. S. Padmanabha Raju INC(I) 23,657 34.32 Boddu Suryanarayana Murty INC(R) 22,074 32.02 1,583
28 Srungavarapukota (ST) Sanyasidora Duru INC(I) 21,927 36.60 Balaraju Pujari IND 16,564 27.65 5,363
Visakhapatnam 29 Paderu (ST) Giddi Appalanaidu JP 12,653 50.68 Tammarba Chitti Naidu INC(R) 10,146 40.64 2,507
30 Madugula Kuracha Ramunaidu IND 19,147 28.03 Gummala Adinarayana INC(I) 18,710 27.39 437
31 Chodavaram Seetharama Sastri Emani JP 40,690 50.57 Palayalli Vechalapu INC(R) 28,624 35.58 12,006
32 Anakapalli Koduganti Govindrao CPI 28,382 41.72 Pappala Chalapathirao JP 19,945 29.32 8,437
33 Paravada Bhattam Sri Ramamurthy INC(R) 31,498 48.32 Paila Appalanaidu JP 18,006 27.62 13,492
34 Elamanchili Veesam Sanyasi Naidu INC(I) 37,969 52.45 Nagireddi Satyanarayana JP 29,302 40.48 8,667
35 Payakaraopet (SC) Maruthi Adeyya INC(I) 29,490 58.66 Gara China Nookaraju INC(R) 14,023 27.89 15,467
36 Narsipatnam Gopatrudu Bolem INC(R) 40,209 52.35 Sagi Sri Raja Suryanarayana Raju JP 31,649 41.21 8,560
37 Chintapalle (ST) Depuru Kondal Rao INC(R) 18,363 39.97 Kannalu Lokula INC(I) 14,707 32.01 3,656
East Godavari 38 Yellavaram (ST) Gorrela Prakash Rao INC(I) 23,345 56.07 Tadapatla Ratnabai JP 9,151 21.98 14,194
39 Burugupudi Padma Raju Varrey INC(I) 25,124 30.79 Pendurti Sambasiva Rao JP 22,217 27.23 2,907
40 Rajahmundry Tadavarthi Satyavathi INC(I) 35,079 46.92 Chitturi Prabhakara Chowdary CPI 19,647 26.28 15,432
41 Kadiam Ammiraju Patamsetti JP 30,887 37.32 P.S.Rao INC(I) 30,300 36.61 587
42 Jaggampeta Pantham Padmnabham INC(I) 40,566 52.17 Vaddi Mutyalarao JP 30.683 39.46 9,883
43 Peddapuram Vundavalli Narayanamurthy INC(I) 43,595 58.18 Yeleti Dhanayya JP 23,375 31.20 20,220
44 Prathipadu (East Godavari) Mudragada Padmanabham JP 32,614 40.23 Appalaraju Varupula INC(I) 22,352 27.57 10,262
45 Tuni M. N. Vijayalakshmi Devi INC(R) 37,219 48.94 Kongara Venkata Satya Prasad INC(I) 26,567 34.94 10,562
46 Pithapuram Koppana Venkata Chandra Mohanarao INC(I) 28,585 44.03 Peketi Thammiraju JP 23,685 36.48 4,900
47 Sampara Venkatramana Matta INC(I) 36,120 46.61 Madadha John Apparao JP 20,233 26.11 15,887
48 Kakinada Malladi Swamy INC(I) 37,258 49.38 Katha Janardhana Rao JP 25,502 33.80 11,756
49 Tallarevu Suryanarayana Biruda JP 33,021 45.02 Sathiraju Sadanala INC(I) 24,415 33.29 8,606
50 Anaparthy Padala Ammireddy JP 37,261 49.54 Undavilli Satyanarayana Murty INC(R) 22,982 30.56 14,279
51 Ramachandrapuram Apparao Pilli IND 19,306 25.53 Mudragada Venkastaswamy Naidu JP 19,045 25.19 261
52 Alamuru Sangita Venkatareddy INC(I) 42,372 49.23 S.B.P.B.K.Satyanarayana Rao JP 35,835 41.63 6,537
53 Mummidivaram (SC) Moka Sri Vishnuprasada Rao INC(I) 37,919 51.99 Appalaswamy Bojja JP 24,691 33.85 13,228
54 Allavaram (SC) Venkatapathi Devarapalli INC(I) 29,811 48.59 B.V.Ramanayya RPI(K) 21,242 34.63 8,569
55 Amalapuram Venkata Sri Rama Rao Palacholla JP 25,900 35.73 Nageswara Rao Dommety INC(I) 23,492 32.41 2,408
56 Kothapeta Manthena Venkata Surya Subharaju JP 31,679 43.02 Chirla Soma Sundara Reddy INC(R) 28,110 38.18 3,569
57 Nagaram (SC) Neethipudi Ganapathi Rao INC(I) 35,891 51.50 S. Pemulu JP 21,387 30.69 14,504
58 Razole Rudraraju Ramalingaraju INC(R) 37,992 51.70 Sayyaparaju Seetharamaraju INC(I) 17,652 24.02 20,340
West Godavari 59 Narasapuram Sheshavataram Parakala INC(I) 36,767 46.19 Polisetti Vasudeva Rao JP 24,933 31.32 11,834
60 Palacole Vardhineedi Satyanarayana INC(I) 32,736 46.96 Chodisetti Suryarao INC(R) 19,699 28.24 13,063
61 Achanta (SC) Kota Dhanaraju INC(I) 39,504 54.37 Didupatti Sundrara Raju CPI(M) 21,622 29.78 17,882
62 Bhimavaram Kalidindi Vijayayanarasimha Raju INC(I) 41,295 51.30 Mentay Padamanabham JP 26,065 32.38 15,230
63 Undi Gottamukkala Ramachandra Raju INC(I) 35,560 44.02 Yerra Narayana Swamy (Benerji) INC(R) 23,354 28.91 12,206
64 Penugonda Jakkamsetti Venkateswararao INC(I) 33,971 47.53 Vanka Satyanarayana CPI 26,549 37.14 7,422
65 Tanuku Kantioydu Appa Rao INC(I) 35,393 45.30 Gannamani Satyanarayana Murty INC(R) 21,331 27.30 14,062
66 Attili Indukuri Ramakrishnamraju INC(I) 32,541 41.08 Vegesna Kanaka Durga Venkata Satyanarayanaraju INC(R) 23,637 29.84 8,904
67 Tadepalligudem Chintalapati Seeta Rama Chandra Vara Prasada Murty Raju INC(I) 39,128 47.38 Eli Anjaneulu INC(R) 31,455 38.09 7,673
68 Ungutur Kadiyala Satyanarayana INC(I) 41,547 51.49 Maganti Bhupati Rao JP 25,175 31.20 16,372
69 Dendulur Neelam Charles INC(I) 36,865 52.37 Garapati Sambasiva Rao JP 28,965 41.14 7,900
70 Eluru Surya Prakasa Rao Nalabati INC(I) 34,825 45.30 Amanaganti Sreeramulu JP 24,113 31.36 10,712
71 Gopalpuram (SC) Dasari Sarojini Devi INC(I) 39,225 55.65 Sati Venkatrao JP 17,746 25.18 10,712
72 Kovvur Munshi Abdul Aziz INC(I) 37,046 44.09 Alluri Sarvarayudu Choudary JP 35,428 42.17 1,618
73 Polavaram (ST) Nagabhushanam Rasaputra INC(I) 35,514 60.37 Modiyam Lakshmana Rao JP 11,115 18.90 24,399
74 Chintalapudi Gadde Venkateswara Rao INC(I) 31,746 40.09 Mandalapu Satyanarayana JP 26,490 33.46 5,256
Krishna 75 Jaggayyapet Bodulluru Rama Rao INC(I) 30,209 42.71 Komaragiri Krishna Mohan Rao JP 22,498 31.81 7,711
76 Nandigama Mukkapati Venkateswara Rao JP 31,771 41.35 Gude Madhusudhana Rao INC(I) 24,493 31.88 7,711
77 Vijayawada West Pothina Chinna INC(I) 33,587 38.20 Mohammed Imthizuddin JP 29,198 33.21 4,389
78 Vijayawada East Nadendla Bhaskara Rao INC(I) 30,039 44.59 Bayana Appa Rao JP 26,925 39.97 3,114
79 Kankipadu Koneru Ranga Rao INC(I) 38,815 50.06 Tummala Chowdary JP 29,061 37.59 9,754
80 Mylavaram Chenamolu Venkata Rao INC(I) 28,838 38.36 T.E.S.Anandabai JP 23,518 31.28 5,320
81 Tiruvuru (SC) Vakkalagadda Adamu INC(I) 30,057 40.33 Kota Punnaiah JP 24,773 33.24 5,284
82 Nuzvid Paladugu Venkata Rao INC(I) 40,524 21,336 Kolli Varaprasada Rao JP 21,336 26.39 19,188
83 Gannavaram Puchalapalli Sundarayya CPI(M) 35,984 49.58 Lanka Venkateswara Rao (Chinni) INC(R) 18,472 25.45 17,512
84 Vuyyur Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao JP 38,598 55.04 Kakani Ramamohana Rao INC(I) 31,527 44.96 7,071
85 Gudivada Katari Satyanarayan Rao INC(I) 38,060 49.33 Puttagunta Venkata Subbarao CPI(M) 32,236 41.78 5,824
86 Mudinepalli Pinnamaneni Koteswara Rao INC(I) 37,609 47.86 Kaza Ramanatham JP 25,777 32.80 11,832
87 Kaikalur Kanumuri Bapi Raju IND 24,669 34.08 Sudabathula Nageswara Rao INC(I) 24,623 34.01 46
88 Malleswaram Buragadda Niranjana Rao JP 27,912 37.30 Yella Balaramamurthy INC(I) 24,690 33.30 3,222
89 Bandar Vaddi Ranga Rao JP 30,400 40.44 Chillamkurti Veeraswamy alias Ambulu INC(I) 28,498 37.91 1,902
90 Nidumolu (SC) Guturu Bapanayya CPI(M) 39,806 53.22 Kalapala Nancharayya INC(I) 19,970 26.70 19,836
91 Avanigadda Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao INC(I) 30,396 43.88 Saikam Arjuna Rao JP 29,909 43.18 487
Guntur 92 Kuchinapudi Evuru Subba Rao JP 30,791 45.93 Mandali Subrahmanyam INC(I) 25,523 38.07 5,268
93 Repalle Koratala Satyanarayana CPI(M) 26,319 40.01 Yadam Channaiah INC(I) 22,848 34.73 3,473
94 Vemuru Yadkapati Venkat Rao INC(I) 34,624 42.92 Veeraiah Kodali JP 34,118 42.29 506
95 Duggirala G.Vedantha Rao INC(I) 31,843 42.53 Gudibandi Nagi Reddy CPI(M) 30,773 41.10 1,070
96 Tenali Doddapaneni Indira JP 39,368 51.05 Venkatravu Nannapaneni INC(I) 37,358 48.45 2,010
97 Ponnur Gogineni Nageswara Rao INC(I) 30,006 42.80 Talasila Venkataramalah JP 22,614 32.19 7,452
98 Bapatla Kona Prabhakara Rao INC(I) 40,332 46.95 Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao JP 40,143 46.73 189
99 Prathipadu (Guntur) Karumuru Lakshminarayanareddy INC(I) 27,961 39.07 K.Sadasiva Rao JP 26,703 37.31 1,258
100 Guntur-I Eswara Rao Lingamsetty INC(I) 40,901 51.13 Abdulla Khan Mohammad JP 25,341 31.68 15,560
101 Guntur-II Gade Durga Prasunamba INC(I) 26,472 43.42 Nissankararao Venkatarathnam JP 19,607 32.16 6,865
102 Mangalagiri G.V.Pathaiah JP 27,032 38.72 Thulabandula Nageswara Rao INC(I) 22,999 32.95 4,033
103 Tadikonda (SC) T.Amrutha Rao INC(I) 34,042 46.84 Jonnakuti Kirihsna Rao JP 27,565 37.93 6,477
104 Sattenapalli Ravela Venkatrao INC(I) 37,740 43.65 Puthumbaka Venkatapathi CPI(M) 28,371 32.81 9,369
105 Peddakurapadu Ganapa Ramaswamy Reddy JP 45,052 49.90 Syed Mahaboob INC(I) 41,757 46.25 3,295
106 Gurzala Gadipudi mallikarjunarao INC(I) 44,652 54.58 Mandapati Nagireddy CPI(M) 21,404 26.16 9,369
107 Macherla Challa Narapa Reddy INC(I) 27,350 39.52 Karpurapu Kotaiah JP 21,598 31.21 5,752
108 Vinukonda Avudari Venkateswarlu IND 21,781 29.21 Gangineni Venkateswara Rao IND 19,762 27.19 2,019
109 Narasaraopet Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy INC(R) 27,387 32.12 Kothuri Venkateswarlu JP 20,482 24.02 6,905
110 Chilakaluripet Somepalli Sambaiah INC(I) 42,392 52.60 Bhimireddy Subba Reddy JP 24,929 30.93 17,463
Prakasam 111 Chirala Mutte Venkateswarlu INC(I) 36,114 43.47 Sajja Chandramouli JP 34,257 41.23 1,857
112 Parchur Maddukuri Narayana Rao INC(I) 38,024 48.44 Gade Venkata Reddy JP 33,087 42.15 4,937
113 Martur Jagarlamudi Chandramouli JP 39,067 51.36 Kandlmalla Butehaiah INC(I) 27,963 36.76 11,104
114 Addanki Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy INC(I) 36,312 44.65 Chenchu Garataiah Bachina JP 31,162 38.31 5,150
115 Ongole Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu INC(I) 32,574 44.97 Balineni Venkateswara Reddy JP 27,494 37.96 5,080
116 Santhanuthalapadu (SC) Vema Yellaiah INC(I) 34,270 46.82 Tavanam Chenchaiah CPI(M) 20,228 27.63 14,042
117 Kandukur Divi Kondaiah Chowdary INC(I) 35,361 46.68 Manugunta Adinarayana Reddy JP 23,056 30.44 12,305
118 Kanigiri Budulapalle Ramasubba Reddy INC(I) 36,693 48.86 Parna Venkaiah Naidu JP 34,572 46.27 1,941
119 Kondepi Gundapneni Pattabhi Ramaswami Chowdari INC(I) 37,785 51.18 Chaganti Rosaiah Naidu JP 19,494 26.40 18,291
120 Cumbum Kandula Obula Reddy INC(I) 33,191 45.51 Mahammad Shafief Shaik JP 26,712 36.62 6,479
121 Darsi Berre Gnana Prakasam INC(I) 24,225 34.71 Muvvala Srihari Rao JP 22,767 32.62 1,458
122 Markapur Poola Subbaiah CPI 28,030 38.51 Venna Venkata Narayanareddy JP 27,947 38.39 83
123 Giddalur Pidathala Ranga Reddy JP 30,705 49.44 Mudiam Peera Reddy INC(R) 20,533 33.06 10,172
Nellore 124 Udayagiri Venkaiah Naidu JP 33,268 47.99 Madala Janaki Ram INC(I) 23,608 34.05 9,960
125 Kavali Kaliki Yanadi Reddy INC(I) 44,456 60.45 Gottapati Kondapanaidu JP 23,419 31.84 21,037
126 Allur Giddaluru Sundara Ramaiah INC(I) 34,859 47.59 Rebala Dasaratha Ramireddy JP 20,893 28.52 13,966
127 Kovur Pellakuru Ramachandra Reddy INC(I) 43,213 57.35 Jakka Venkata Reddy CPI(M) 23,953 31.79 19,260
128 Atmakur (Nellore) Bommireddy Sudararami Reddy INC(I) 36,045 43.86 China Kondaiah Ganga JP 32,807 39.92 3,238
129 Rapur Nuvvula Venkataratnam Naidu INC(I) 46,901 60.72 Dega Narasimha Reddy JP 18,125 23.47 28,776
130 Nellore Kunam Venkata Subba Reddy INC(I) 50,202 67.40 Anam Venkata Reddy JP 18,934 25.42 31,268
131 Sarvepalli Chiittoor Venkata Sesha Reddy INC(I) 43,851 51.11 Anam Baktavatsala Reddy JP 21,889 25.51 21,962
132 Gudur (SC) Patra Prakasa Rao INC(I) 41,563 55.05 Meriga Ramakrishnaiah IND 15,851 21.00 25,712
133 Sulurpet (SC) Pitla Venkatasubbaiah INC(I) 37,054 57.00 Doddi Veeraswamy JP 15,640 24.06 21,414
134 Venkatagiri Srinivasulu Reddy Nallapareddy INC(I) 26,696 34.37 Padileti Venkataswamy Reddy JP 26,284 33.84 412
Chittoor 135 Srikalahasti Challa Lakshminarayana JP 23,643 33.32 Tripurna Raghavadas INC(I) 16,556 23.33 7,087
136 Satyavedu (SC) C. Das INC(I) 32,755 51.82 Yidaguri Gangadharam JP 20,328 32.16 12,427
137 Nagari Reddivari Chengareddi INC(I) 33,448 39.65 Chilakam Ramachandra Reddy JP 25,995 30.85 7,453
138 Puttur K.B. Siddaiah JP 28,766 40.42 P.Narayana Reddy INC(I) 19,543 27.56 9,223
139 Vepanjeri (SC) Bangala Arumugan JP 33,960 49.67 K.Munaiah INC(I) 23,034 33.69 10,926
140 Chittoor N.P.Venkateswara Choudary JP 29,941 41.03 C.V.L. Narayana INC(I) 29,941 41.03 8,802
141 Palmaner (SC) A. Rathnam INC(I) 28,363 46.83 Anjineyulu JP 23,287 38.45 5,076
142 Kuppam B.R.Doraswami Naidu INC(I) 24,664 41.39 D.Venkatachalam JP 14,222 23.86 10,442
143 Punganur K.V.Pathi INC(I) 34,908 50.11 B.A.R.Abdul Rahim Saheb JP 21,533 30.91 13,375
144 Madanpalle Gangarapu Venkata Narayana Reddy INC(I) 34,224 51.59 Sunku Balaram JP 18,375 27.70 15,849
145 Thamballapalle Avula Mohana Reddy INC(I) 27,284 40.72 Kadapa Sudhakar Reddy JP 25,236 37.67 2,048
146 Vayalpad Nallari Amarnatha Reddy INC(I) 40,460 52.10 Chanala Surendra Reddy JP 30,416 39.17 10,044
147 Pileru Mogul Syfullah Baig INC(I) 36,476 46.76 Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy JP 22,203 28.46 14,273
148 Chandragiri N. Chandrababu Naidu INC(I) 35,092 44.23 Kongara Pattabhi Rama Chowdary JP 32,598 41.09 2,494
149 Tirupathi Agarala Eswarareddy INC(I) 23,635 34.86 Pandraveti Gurava Reddy IND 21,708 32.02 1,927
Kadapa 150 Kodur (SC) Nidiganti Venkatasubbaiah JP 19,079 30.78 Yerrathota Venkatasubbaiah IND 17,391 28.066 1,688
151 Rajampet Konduru Prabhavatamma INC(R) 36,854 44.29 Bandaru Rathanasabhathi IND 27,032 32.49 9,822
152 Rayachoti Sugavasi Palakondarayudu JP 39,523 49.21 Mahal Habeebulla INC(I) 36,838 45.87 2,685
153 Lakkireddipalli Gadikota Rama Subba Reddy INC(I) 40,238 57.17 Rajagopal Reddy JP 27,441 38.99 12,797
154 Cuddapa Gajjala Ranga Reddy INC(I) 30,784 37.60 R.Rajagopala Reddy JP 30,062 36.72 722
155 Badvel Vaddamani Sivarama Krishna Rao JP 44,542 55.54 B. Veera Reddy INC(I) 34,359 42.84 10,183
156 Mydukur D. L. Ravindra Reddy IND 22,181 29.49 Settipalli Chinna Nagireddy JP 21,846 29.04 335
157 Proddatur Chandra Obulreddy Rami Reddy INC(I) 34,160 42.34 Gouru Pulla Reddy JP 23,450 29.07 10,710
158 Jammalamadugu Chavva Morammagari Ramanatha Reddy JP 50,760 61.15 Ponnapureddy Siva Reddy INC(I) 27,886 33.60 22,874
159 Kamalapuram Perla Siva Reddy IND 25,821 35.24 Vutukuru Rami Reddy JP 24,101 32.80 1,720
160 Pulivendla Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy INC(R) 47,874 59.51 D.Narayana Reddy JP 27,378 34.03 20,496
Anantapur 161 Kadiri Nizam Vali INC(I) 40,984 54.58 Dorigallu Raja Reddy JP 25,176 33.53 15,808
162 Nallamada Agisam Veerappa INC(I) 31,349 46.28 K.Rmachandra Reddy JP 29,5134 43.57 1,836
163 Gorantla P. Bayapa Reddy INC(I) 27,039 38.86 Narayana Reddy IND 24,142 34.70 2,897
164 Hindupur K. Thippe Swami INC(I) 42,091 60.87 K.Nagabhushana Reddy JP 20,731 29.98 21,360
165 Madakasira Y. C. Thimma Reddy INC(I) 39,168 58.56 N.Srirama Reddy JP 27,717 41.44 11,451
166 Penukonda Somandepalli Narayana Reddy INC(I) 30,415 45.72 Gangula Narayana Reddy JP 29,775 44.75 640
167 Kalyandrug (SC) H.Narsappa JP 23,364 37.44 Vishwanatham INC(I) 19,937 31.95 3,427
168 Rayadrug K.B.Chenna Mallappa INC(I) 31,591 46.64 Uddihal Motappa JP 26,363 38.92 5,228
169 Uravakonda Rayala Vemanna INC(I) 34,344 54.19 P.Venkata Narayana JP 14,357 22.65 19,987
170 Gooty K. Venkataramaiah INC(I) 24,185 43.84 Jaffar Sab JP 18,944 34.34 5,241
171 Singanamala (SC) B. Rukmini Devi JP 20,385 50.22 K. Ananda Rao INC(I) 16,758 41.28 3,627
172 Anantapur B.T.L.N.Chowdary INC(I) 28,204 44.94 Meda Subbaiah JP 24,869 39.63 3,334
173 Dhamavaram Gonuguntla Ananthareddy INC(I) 38,297 52.25 Chinna Chigullarevu Lakshminarayana Reddy JP 25,120 34.27 13,177
174 Tadpatri Diddekunta Venkata Reddy INC(I) 28,793 40.99 Mutyala Kesava Reddy JP 23,280 33.14 5,513
Kurnool 175 Alur (SC) Eranna INC(I) 23,044 58.45 H. Eranna JP 9,646 24.47% 13,398
176 Adoni H. Satyanarayana INC(I) 25,872 39.09 H. Sitarama Reddy INC(R) 13,494 20.39 12,378
177 Yemmiganur Hanumantha Reddy INC(I) 30,491 47.03 Ramchandra Reddy INC(R) 18,484 28.51 12,007
178 Kodumur (SC) Muniswamy INC(R) 27,790 47.32 M. Sikhamani INC(I) 21,782 37.09 6,008
179 Kurnool Md. Ibrahim Khan INC(I) 34,446 54.44 B. Shamshir Khan JP 20,781 32.84 13,665
180 Pattikonda K.V. Narasappa INC(I) 28,179 47.07 P. Ramakrishna Reddy IND 18,045 30.14 10,134
181 Dhone K. E. Krishna Murthy INC(I) 41,054 69.75 Mekala Seshanna INC(R) 11,104 18.86 29,950
182 Koilkuntla K. Anki Reddy JP 38,871 56.38 Battula Venkata Nagi Reddy INC(I) 26,203 38.00 12,668
183 Allagadda Gangula Thimma Reddy IND 43,126 53.20 Somula Venkata Subba Reddy INC(I) 35,721 44.07 7,405
184 Panyam Erasu Ayyapu Reddy JP 35,588 50.32 Munagala Bala Rami Reddy INC(I) 26,838 37.95 8,750
185 Nandikotkur Byreddy Seshasayana Reddy INC(I) 42,035 55.13 Madduru Subba Reddy IND 31,263 41.00 10,772
186 Nandyal Bojja Venkata Reddy JP 37,470 49.82 S.B.Nabi Saheb INC(I) 35,777 47.57 1,693
187 Atmakur (Kurnool) A.Vengal Reddy INC(I) 42,271 60.52 T.Rangasai JP 19,709 28.22 22,562
Mahabubnagar 188 Achampet (SC) R.M.Manohar INC(I) 30,026 48.64 Puttapaga Radhakrishna JP 20,716 33.56 9,310
189 Nagarkurnool Srinivasa Rao INC(I) 18,632 29.19 V. N. Goud INC(R) 17,263 27.05 1,369
190 Kalwakurthy Jaipal Reddy JP 36,544 47.96 Kayithi Kamala Kantha Rao INC(R) 23,164 30.40 13,380
191 Shadnagar (SC) Bheeshva Kistaiah INC(I) 30,669 53.25 Bangaru Laxman JP 20,926 36.33 9,743
192 Jadcherla N. Narasappa INC(I) 32,707 58.26 Raghunandan Reddy JP 14,967 26.66 9,743
193 Mahbubnagar M.Ram Reddy INC(I) 23,861 49.69 K. K. Reddy JP 12,349 25.72 11,512
194 Wanaparthy Moolamalla Jayaramulu INC(I) 30,354 48.51 Dr.A.Balakrishnaiah JP 25,445 40.66 11,512
195 Kollapur Kotha Venkateswar Rao INC(R) 36,325 50.26 Kondagari Ranga Dasu JP 21,662 29.97 14,663
196 Alampur Ram Bhupal Reddy JP 23,998 35.85 T. Rajani Babu IND 23,873 35.66 125
197 Gadwal D.K.Satya Reddy JP 35,374 54.76 Paga Pulla Reddy INC(R) 16,980 26.29 18,394
198 Amarchinta Veera Reddy INC(I) 34,737 49.52 Som Bhopal JP 29,419 49.14 5,318
199 Makthal G. Narasimhulu Naidu INC(I) 29,627 46.81 Chittem Narsi Reddy JP 24,471 38.66 5,156
200 Kodangal Gurunath Reddy IND 22,936 36.86 Chinna Veeranna (Puli) INC(I) 19,213 30.88 3,723
Ranga Reddy 201 Tandur M. Manik Rao INC(I) 40,817 63.81 Sirigiripet Reddy JP 22,023 34.43 18,794
202 Vicarabad (SC) V. B. Thirmalayya INC(I) 31,253 56.85 Devadasu JP 19,151 34.84 12,102
203 Pargi Ahmed Shareef INC(I) 32,488 47.72 K.Ram Reddy INC(R) 23,915 35.13 8,573
204 Chevella Chirag Pratap Lingam JP 26,071 37.92 T.R.Anandam INC(I) 20,752 30.18 5,319
205 Ibrahimpatnam (SC) Sumitra Devi INC(I) 37,400 57.30 K.R.Krishna Swami JP 13,899 21.29 23,501
Hyderabad 206 Musheerabad Nayani Narasimha Reddy JP 25,238 40.92 Tanguturi Anjaiah INC(I) 23,071 37.41 2,167
207 Himayatnagar Lakshmi Kantama JP 23,566 44.88 Mallu Kodati Raj INC(I) 19,841 37.78 3,725
208 Sanathnagar S.Ramdass INC(I) 23,155 38.99 N.V.Bhaskar Rao CPI(M) 21,393 36.03 1,762
209 Secunderabad L. Narayana JP 21,946 39.04 T.D.Gowri Shanker INC(I) 13,794 24.54 8,152
210 Khairatabad P. Janardhana Reddy IND 24,462 41.06 Ale Narendra JP 23,808 39.96 654
211 Secunderabad Cantt. (SC) B. Machinder Rao JP 15,946 39.56 Muthu Swamy INC(I) 15,580 38.65 366
212 Malakpet Kandala Prabhakar Reddy JP 25,400 40.88 B. Sarojini Pulla Reddy INC(I) 24,279 39.07 1,121
213 Asifnagar B. Krishna INC(I) 18,784 34.31 Syed Vicaruddin JP 16,057 29.33 2,727
214 Maharajgunj Shiv Pershad INC(I) 22,801 45.09 Badri Vishal Pitti JP 22,535 44.56 266
215 Karwan Shiv Lal INC(I) 17,242 37.33 Gulam Ghouse Khan IND 12,677 27.44 4,565
216 Yakutpura Baqerr Agha IND 24,094 48.85 Syed Hasan JP 12,400 25.14 11,694
217 Chandrayangutta Md. Amanullah Khan IND 16,890 35.95 M. Baliah INC(I) 15,557 33.12 1,333
218 Charminar Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi IND 30,328 51.98 Ahmed Hussain JP 10,546 18.07 19,782
Ranga Reddy 219 Medchal Marri Chenna Reddy INC(I) 42,680 57.12 T. Mohan Reddy JP 19,502 26.10 23,178
Medak 220 Siddipet Ananthula Madan Mohan INC(I) 32,729 49.91 Tadsina Mahendar Reddy INC(R) 11,254 17.16 21,475
221 Dommat Aireni Lingaiah INC(I) 24,260 39.12 C.Rama Rao JP 20,176 32.54 4,084
222 Gajwel (SC) Gajwel Saidaiah INC(I) 33,550 52.87 Allam Sailu JP 24,819 39.11 8,731
223 Narsapur Chilumula Vittal Reddy CPI 33,975 49.57 Chowti Jagannath Rao INC(I) 31,755 46.63 2,220
224 Sangareddy Narsimha Reddy IND 35,730 44.36 P. Ramachandra Reddy JP 17,520 21.75 18,210
225 Zahirabad Mogaligundla Baga Reddy INC(I) 38,291 55.54 P.Narasimha Reddy JP 28,981 42.04 9,310
226 Narayankhed Shivrao Shettkar INC(I) 34,992 51.60 M. Venkata Reddy INC(R) 23,715 34.97 11,277
227 Medak Seri Laxma Reddy INC(I) 34,464 53.56 Karanam Ramachandra Rao INC(R) 16,022 24.90 18,442
228 Ramayampet Rajaiahgari Muthyam Reddy INC(I) 48,093 67.19 M.Kondal Reddy JP 15,665 21.89 32,428
229 Andole (SC) C. Rajanarasimha INC(R) 23,403 39.08 A.Sadanand INC(I) 22,665 37.85 738
Nizamabad 230 Balkonda Gaddam Rajaram INC(I) 40,977 64.73 G. Madhusudhan Reddy JP 20,133 31.80 20,844
231 Armur Sanigaram Santosh Reddy INC(I) 44,628 67.65 K.R.Govind Reddy JP 12,771 19.36 31,857
232 Kamareddy B. Balaiah INC(I) 27,542 42.63 Aedla Raja Reddy IND 21,866 33.84 5,676
233 Yellareddy Taduri Bala Goud INC(I) 43,615 65.98 Vittalreddygari Venkat Rama Reddy JP 18,305 27.69 25,310
234 Jukkal (SC) S. Gangaram INC(I) 23,052 49.04 J.Eshwari Bai RPI(K) 15,405 32.77 7,647
235 Banswada M.Sreenivasa Rao INC(I) 31,178 43.72 Narayan Rao Jadav IND 11,940 16.74 19,238
236 Bodhan Gulam Samdhani INC(I) 34,526 54.21 M. Narayan Reddy INC(R) 11,440 17.96 23,086
237 Nizamabad A.Kishan Das INC(I) 33,375 55.09 Gaddam Ganga Reddy JP 19,342 31.92 14,033
238 Dichpalli Ananthareddy Balreddy INC(I) 39,087 66.23 D.R.Bhoom Rao INC(R) 7,296 12.36 31,791
Adilabad 239 Mudhole G. Gaddenna INC(R) 33,490 53.30 Kaddam Bhim Rao JP 9,473 15.08 24,017
240 Nirmal P.Ganga Reddy INC(I) 24,021 38.22 P.Narsa Reddy INC(R) 22,013 35.02 2,008
241 Boath (ST) T.Amar Singh INC(I) 22,333 47.73 Ganesh Jadhav JP 7,071 15.11 15,262
242 Adilabad Chilkuri Ramachandra Reddy IND 28,905 44.37 Chilkuri Vaman Reddy INC(I) 20,313 31.18 8,592
243 Khanapur (ST) Ambajee INC(I) 16,182 36.40 S.A.Devshah INC(R) 12,439 27.98 15,262
244 Asifabad (SC) Dasari Narsaiah INC(I) 15,812 36.33 Gunda Mallesh CPI 11,963 27.49 3,849
245 Luxettipet Chunchu Lakshmaiah JP 22,716 36.38 Kande Venkata Ramanaiah INC(I) 20,744 33.32 1,972
246 Sirpur K. V. Keshavulu INC(I) 21,210 38.43 C. Madhava Reddy JP 14,424 26.13 6,786
247 Chennur (SC) C.Narayana INC(I) 25,476 49.80 Votarikari Prabahkar JP 11,878 23.22 13,598
Karimnagar 248 Manthani Chandrupatla Narayana Reddy INC(I) 20,482 38.09 Voora Srinivasa Rao INC(R) 11,890 22.11 8,592
249 Peddapalle G. Raji Reddy INC(I) 31,946 48.09 Bayyapu Kishan Reddy IND 13,507 20.33 18,439
250 Mydaram (SC) G. Eashwar INC(I) 28,754 51.14 Pandugu Venkat Swamy INC(R) 12,305 21.89 16,449
251 Huzurabad Duggirala Venkat Rao INC(R) 35,561 44.95 Aligrieddy Kasi Viswanath Reddy JP 21,822 27.58 13,739
252 Kamalapur P.Janardhan Reddy JP 26,269 33.92 Madadi Ramachandra Reddy INC(I) 23,128 29.86 3,141
253 Indurthi Deshini Chinna Mallaiah CPI 21,735 31.84 Bopparaju Lakshmikanth Rao INC(I) 20,021 29.33 1,714
254 Karimnagar Nalamachu Kondaiah INC(I) 36,734 53.38 J. Chokka Rao JP 14,750 21.43 21,984
255 Choppadandi NyalaKonda Sripathi Rao INC(I) 26,311 40.94 Muduganti Krishna Reddy INC(R) 20,054 31.20 6,257
256 Jagtial Deevakonda Surender Rao INC(I) 32,848 53.87 Joginipalli Damodhar Rao JP 14,704 24.11 18,144
257 Buggaram Amballa Rajaram INC(I) 35,992 53.07 Velichala Jagapathi Rao INC(R) 18,686 27.55 17,306
258 Metpalli Vardineni Venkateswar Rao INC(I) 37,352 60.00 Chennamaneni Rajeshwar Rao INC(R) 10,044 16.13 27,308
259 Sircilla Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao CPI 28,685 40.42 Nagula Mallaiah INC(I) 18,807 26.50 9,878
260 Narella (SC) Pati Rajam INC(I) 37,626 55.60 Gotte Bhoopathi INC(R) 23,975 35.43 13,651
Warangal 261 Cheriyal Gorla Shiddaiah INC(I) 18,547 31.52 Nimma Raja Reddy IND 11,491 19.53 7,056
262 Jangaon Kodoor Varda Reddy INC(I) 26,272 39.50 Asireddy Narasimha Reddy CPI(M) 23,901 35.93 2,371
263 Chennur Nemarugommula Yethi Raja Rao INC(R) 28,658 41.68 Nayani Chittaranjan Reddy JP 23,816 34.64 4,842
264 Dornakal Surendra Reddy INC(R) 30,294 49.01 Yerramreddy Narsimha Reddy INC(I) 16,685 26.69 13,609
265 Mahbubabad Jannareddy Janardhan Reddy INC(R) 24,036 35.67 Badhavath Babu INC(I) 20,995 31.15 3,041
266 Narsampet Maddikayala Omkar CPI(M) 35,931 50.58 Ghanta Pratap Reddy INC(R) 14,418 20.29 21,513
267 Waradhanapet Macherla Jagannadham JP 24,113 37.08 Takkallapally Purushotham Rao INC(R) 20,118 30.94 3,995
268 Ghanpur Station (SC) Goka Ramaswamy INC(I) 32,855 51.61 Katam Lingaiah JP 18,486 29.04 14,369
269 Warangal Arelli Buchaiah INC(I) 27,244 47.48 Bhoopathi Krishna Murthy JP 13,978 24.36 13,266
270 Hanamkonda Tiruvarangam Haygrivachary INC(I) 32,806 47.90 P.Uma Reddy JP 19,786 28.89 13,020
271 Shyampet Chandupatla Janga Reddy JP 26,457 42.26 Pingili Dharma Reddy INC(I) 25,875 41.13 582
272 Parkal (SC) Bochu Sammaiah INC(I) 25,656 44.47 Marepalli Eliah JP 16,869 29.24 8,787
273 Mulug (ST) Porika Jagan Naik INC(I) 21,449 34.83 Charpa Bhoja Rao JP 19,980 32.46 1,469
Khammam 274 Bhadrachalam (ST) Murla Yerraiah Reddy CPI(M) 21,006 36.04 Pusam Tirupathaiah INC(I) 18,660 32.01 2,346
275 Burgampahad (ST) Punem Ramachandraiah INC(R) 21,287 37.43 Payam Mangaiah INC(I) 20,256 35.61 1,031
276 Kothagudem Kasaiah Chekuri JP 32,409 47.42 Vanama Venkateshwara Rao INC(R) 21,761 32.04 10,648
277 Sathupalli Jalagam Vengala Rao INC(R) 42,102 52.79 Kaloji Narayana Rao JP 19,483 24.43 22,619
278 Madhira Bandaru Prasada Rao INC(I) 31,115 38.13 Maddineni Narasimha Rao JP 24,863 30.47 6,252
279 Palair (SC) Hassainu Potta Pinjara INC(I) 30,107 41.71 Kota Guru Murthy JP 24,355 33.74 5,752
280 Khammam Kesara Anantha Reddy INC(I) 32,335 43.16 Chirravoori Laxmi Narsaiah CPI(M) 21,918 29.26 10,417
281 Shujatnagar Buggarapu Sitaramaiah INC(I) 27,725 43.36 Puvvada Nageswara Rao CPI 21,971 34.08 5,934
282 Yellandu (ST) Chapala Yerraiah IND 14,897 25.35 Kangala Buchaiah CPI(M) 14,559 24.77 338
Nalgonda 283 Thungathurthi Mallu Swarajyam CPI(M) 25,580 33.50 Jannareddy Shyamsunder Reddy IND 19,933 26.10 5,647
284 Suryapet (SC) Annumulapuri Paradamulu INC(I) 33,095 49.44 Marapangu Mysiah JP 21,693 32.40 11,402
285 Kodad Akkiraju Vasudeva Rao JP 31,785 38.01 Kunchapu Lakshmana Raju INC(I) 28,090 33.59 3,695
286 Miryalguda Aribandi Lakshmi Narayana CPI(M) 32,381 35.08 Tedla Langaiah INC(I) 30,416 32.95 1,965
287 Chalakurthi Nimmala Ramulu INC(I) 32,820 43.71 Kunduru Jana Reddy JP 18,644 24.83 14,176
288 Nakrekal Narra Raghava Reddy CPI(M) 25,687 35.66 Masaram Narasaiah INC(I) 19,238 26.71 6,449
289 Nalgonda Gutha Mohan Reddy INC(I) 27,904 40.68 Chakilam Srinivasa Rao JP 23,731 34.60 4,173
290 Ramannapet Kommu Papaiah INC(I) 29,242 39.24 Gurram Yadagiri Reddy CPI 24,175 32.44 5,067
291 Alair (SC) Sallooru Poshiah INC(I) 36,989 52.47 Kota Guru Murthy JP 17,852 25.32 19,137
292 Bhongir Kommidi Narasimha Reddy INC(I) 46,257 62.75 Konda Laxman Bapuji JP 18,835 25.55 27,422
293 Mungode Palvai Govardhan Reddy INC(R) 31,635 44.75 Kancharla Ramakrishna Reddy JP 18,004 25.47 13,631
294 Devarakonda (ST) D. Ravindra Naik INC(I) 35,340 56.48 Kethavathu Harya CPI 19,666 31.43 15,674

References

  1. ↑ "Election Results, 1978, Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh 1978". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
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