Constituency
1. Srikakulam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SRIKAKULAM
INC 42.6%won by 12.1%SWA 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.7% to 12.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 22.7% to 59.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,43,080
Turnout
59.4%
Valid votes
2,63,343
Margin
31,815
12.08%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BODDIPALLI RAJAGOPALA ROWIndian National Congress · INC1,12,17242.6%
- 2SUGGU SRINIVASA REDDYSwatantra Party · SWA80,35730.5%
- 3KAPPAGANTULA SUBHA RAOIndependent · IND37,43914.2%
- 4GUNDA APPANANMMAIndependent · IND17,6406.7%
- 5SARDAR SREEPADAIndependent · IND15,7356.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −43.3%
- INC share
- 55.3% → 42.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- 36.8% → 59.4%