Constituency
2. Parvathipuram
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-PARVATHIPURAM
INC 58.8%won by 17.6%SWA 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 17.6%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 50.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.6% to 53.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,20,816
Turnout
53.2%
Valid votes
2,23,878
Margin
39,372
17.59%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BIDDIKA SATYANARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC1,31,62558.8%
- 2VISWASARAYAI NARSIMHA RAOSwatantra Party · SWA92,25341.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −8.1%
- INC share
- 25.6% → 58.8%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- 59.8% → 53.2%