Constituency
31. Tenali
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-TENALI
INC 55.2%won by 10.5%IND 44.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 10.5%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 44.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 17.1% to 59.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,60,055
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
2,71,205
Margin
28,417
10.48%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1N.G. RANGAIndian National Congress · INC1,49,81155.2%
- 2NARAHARISETTI VENKATASWAMYIndependent · IND1,21,39444.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −29.2%
- INC share
- 39.7% → 55.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 44.8%
- Turnout
- 76.0% → 59.0%