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270. Palwancha

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-PALWANCHA

INC 56.5%won by 18.8%CPI 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.3% to 18.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.3% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
56,819
Margin
10,682
18.80%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHEKURI KASAIAHIndian National Congress · INC32,13156.5%
  2. 2M. KOMARAYYACommunist Party of India · CPI21,44937.7%
  3. 3KONDAPALLY TIRUMALA RAOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9021.6%
  4. 4CWARUGUNDLA RANGARAOIndependent · IND8211.4%
  5. 5KAMAJDHANIndependent · IND7401.3%
  6. 6M. S. EDWINIndependent · IND4460.8%
  7. 7A. VENKATESWARA RAOIndependent · IND3300.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−18.8%
INC share
56.8% → 56.5%
CPI share
19.1% → 37.7%
Turnout
— → —
269. Burgampahad271. Vemsoor
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