Constituency
18. Ponduru
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
AP-PONDURU
INC 43.2%won by 8.7%IND 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.6% between them, down from 90.6% — the field split more ways.
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
50,994
Margin
4,430
8.69%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1LAKSHMANADASU LUKALAPUIndian National Congress · INC22,01143.2%
- 2AKKALANAIDU TANKALAIndependent · IND17,58134.5%
- 3GURUGU BALLI SWAMINAIDUSwatantra Party · SWA8,63816.9%
- 4CHOWDARI SATYANARAYANAIndependent · IND1,3992.7%
- 5MADANA VEERANNABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,3652.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −27.7%
- INC share
- 41.7% → 43.2%
- IND share
- 5.3% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —