Constituency
99. Chirala
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1967
AP-CHIRALA
INC 46.7%won by 4.7%IND 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 36.0% to 46.7% of the vote here (+10.6%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — 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
55,080
Margin
2,566
4.66%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1P. KOTAIAHIndian National Congress · INC25,70446.7%
- 2K. ROSAIAHIndependent · IND23,13842.0%
- 3K. RAMULUCommunist Party of India · CPI4,9909.1%
- 4K. ANJANEYULUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS7931.4%
- 5B. SINGAIAHIndependent · IND4550.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −31.4%
- INC share
- 36.0% → 46.7%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- — → —