Constituency
206. Gagan Mahal
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972
AP-GAGAN-MAHAL
INC 43.4%won by 16.8%STS 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.4% to 16.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSTS (STS) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.0% between them, down from 79.6% — the field split more ways.
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
33,923
Margin
5,693
16.78%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SHANTA BAI TALPALLIKARIndian National Congress · INC14,72143.4%
- 2G. NARAYAN RAOSTS · STS9,02826.6%
- 3SRINIVAS RAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS4,98314.7%
- 4MIRZA JAMIL AHMED BAIGIndependent · IND2,7208.0%
- 5MURTUZA MUITAHDIIndependent · IND1,8255.4%
- 6B. G. K. GOPAL RAO KESKARIndependent · IND2770.8%
- 7VISHNUVARDHAN REDDYIndependent · IND2240.7%
- 8SURYA PRAKASH JAISWALIndependent · IND1450.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–STS swing
- −45.2%
- INC share
- 62.0% → 43.4%
- STS share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- — → —