Constituency
114. Santhanuthalapadu
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
AP-SANTHANUTHALAPADU
INC 62.6%won by 32.6%IND 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.1% to 32.6%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
41,607
Margin
13,569
32.61%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1ARETI KOTAIAHIndian National Congress · INC26,05162.6%
- 2CHENCHAIAH TAVANAMIndependent · IND12,48230.0%
- 3SUNKARA KRURASENDUSwatantra Party · SWA3,0747.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −21.9%
- INC share
- 54.5% → 62.6%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —