Constituency
164. Hindupur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
AP-HINDUPUR
INC 73.3%won by 51.2%BJS 22.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 51.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 34.3% to 73.3% of the vote here (+38.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 74.4% — a tighter two-way 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
42,654
Margin
21,840
51.20%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1G. SOMASEKHARIndian National Congress · INC31,26073.3%
- 2THAMBI VENKATA RATNAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9,42022.1%
- 3C. V. DEVACHARIIndependent · IND1,9744.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJS swing
- +42.4%
- INC share
- 34.3% → 73.3%
- BJS share
- 25.6% → 22.1%
- Turnout
- — → —