Constituency
73. Polavaram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
AP-POLAVARAM
INC 79.1%won by 58.2%BJS 20.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.6% to 58.2%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 20.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
46,612
Margin
27,136
58.22%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1KANITHI RAMULUIndian National Congress · INC36,87479.1%
- 2BOJJI DORA TELLAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,73820.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- −9.6%
- INC share
- 67.8% → 79.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 20.9%
- Turnout
- — → —