1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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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%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Marri Chenna Reddy Gouthu Latchanna Party INC(I) JP Leader since 1978 1977 Leader's seat Medchal (won) Sompeta (won) Last election 291 seats, 52.29% Party did not exist Seats won 175 60 Seat change 44 New party Popular vote 7,908,220 5,812,532 Percentage 39.25% 28.85% Swing 13.04% New party
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.

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

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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

	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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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

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Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
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