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179. Kurnool

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-KURNOOL

INC 69.6%won by 56.1%SOP 13.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 56.1%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 13.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.0% between them, down from 90.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
44,439
Margin
24,925
56.09%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAHIMAN KHAN P.Indian National Congress · INC30,91069.6%
  2. 2T. K. R. SARMASOP · SOP5,98513.5%
  3. 3P. MALIJKARAJUNA SASTRYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,46610.0%
  4. 4M. A. ALLAMIndependent · IND1,9084.3%
  5. 5B. V. KRISHNA REDDYIndependent · IND7471.7%
  6. 6AKBAR HUSSAINIndependent · IND4231.0%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
+8.0%
INC share
48.1% → 69.6%
SOP share
0.0% → 13.5%
Turnout
— → —
178. Kodumur180. Pathikonda
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