Constituency
6. Atmakur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957
AP-ATMAKUR
INC 65.9%won by 31.7%PSP 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.4% to 31.7%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1955.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
20,309
Margin
6,443
31.72%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1MURLIDHAR REDDIIndian National Congress · INC13,37665.9%
- 2P. RADHA KRISHNAPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,93334.1%
Since 1955
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −27.6%
- INC share
- 59.4% → 65.9%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- — → —