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Constituency

170. Gooty

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-GOOTY

IND 39.0%won by 0.9%INC 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.5% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 471 votes (0.92%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
51,261
Margin
471
0.92%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDINC swing
−7.6%
IND share
44.3% 39.0%
INC share
35.8% 38.0%
Turnout