1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 1978. 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

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

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

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

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