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160. Pulivendula

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-PULIVENDULA

INC 61.4%won by 25.2%IND 36.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.2% to 25.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.

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
61,445
Margin
15,505
25.23%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BASIREDDI PENCHIKALAIndian National Congress · INC37,74261.4%
  2. 2NARA ANA REDDY DEVIREDDYIndependent · IND22,23736.2%
  3. 3KUPPALA PEDDA SUBBANACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7671.2%
  4. 4DEVIREDDY SOMAMMAIndependent · IND2890.5%
  5. 5K. C. MADDULATE REDDYIndependent · IND2330.4%
  6. 6R. REDDY DEVIREDDYIndependent · IND1770.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−56.4%
INC share
81.6% → 61.4%
IND share
0.0% → 36.2%
Turnout
— → —
159. Kamalapuram161. Kadiri
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