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Constituency

48. Kakinada

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-KAKINADA

IND 44.1%won by 6.1%INC 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.4% to 6.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
56,544
Margin
3,455
6.11%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDINC swing
−13.3%
IND share
56.9% 44.1%
INC share
37.5% 38.0%
Turnout