Constituency
140. Chittoor
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
AP-CHITTOOR
INC 64.4%won by 36.1%DMK 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.6% to 36.1%.
- New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 28.3% — 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
50,657
Margin
18,283
36.09%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1D. ANIANEYULU NAIDUIndian National Congress · INC32,60764.4%
- 2K. M. ERRIAHDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK14,32428.3%
- 3M. JANAKIRAMA REDDYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,3224.6%
- 4IBRAHIMIndependent · IND1,4042.8%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- −21.8%
- INC share
- 57.9% → 64.4%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —