Election
Constituency

282. Nalgonda

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-NALGONDA

INC 54.6%won by 20.1%CPM 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 20.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.1% of the vote between them, up from 74.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
48,038
Margin
9,672
20.13%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHAKILAM SRINIVASA RAOIndian National Congress · INC26,23954.6%
  2. 2KOYA ANANTHA REDDYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,56734.5%
  3. 3KATTA RAMACHANDRA REDDYIndependent · IND2,6975.6%
  4. 4KOMMARRAJU MURALIDHAR RAOIndependent · IND1,5243.2%
  5. 5AREKANTI RAMASWAMYBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS6441.3%
  6. 6SUNKAM ACHALUIndependent · IND3670.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+4.3%
INC share
45.0% → 54.6%
CPM share
29.1% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
281. Nakrekal283. Ramannapet
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