Constituency
33. Vijayawada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-VIJAYAWADA
INC 48.7%won by 0.9%CPI 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 18.7% to 48.7% of the vote here (+30.1%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 47.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 65.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.0% to 58.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,06,776
Turnout
58.9%
Valid votes
2,39,762
Margin
2,088
0.87%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KOMARRAJU ACHAMAMBAIndian National Congress · INC1,16,86148.7%
- 2TAMMINA POTHA RAJUCommunist Party of India · CPI1,14,77347.9%
- 3NARRA VENKATESHWARA RAOIndependent · IND8,1283.4%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- −17.8%
- INC share
- 18.7% → 48.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- 72.0% → 58.9%