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115. Ongole

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-ONGOLE

INC 57.4%won by 20.1%CPI 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.1% to 20.1%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 37.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 82.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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not in source
Valid votes
56,002
Margin
11,233
20.06%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SRONGAVARAPU JEEVARATNAMIndian National Congress · INC32,15457.4%
  2. 2NALLURI ANJAIAHCommunist Party of India · CPI20,92137.4%
  3. 3DEVARAPALLI KRISHNA REDDYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,2602.2%
  4. 4MARELPA APPAIAHIndependent · IND9241.6%
  5. 5BIYYAPU UDAYAVARLUIndependent · IND7431.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−28.4%
INC share
48.5% → 57.4%
CPI share
0.0% → 37.4%
Turnout
— → —
114. Santhanuthalapadu116. Kondapi
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