Constituency
8. Kakinada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-KAKINADA
INC 45.4%won by 5.9%CPI 39.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 5.9%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 53.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 12.9% to 69.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,54,089
Turnout
69.7%
Valid votes
3,16,290
Margin
18,684
5.91%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MOSALIKANTI THIRUMALA RAOIndian National Congress · INC1,43,57545.4%
- 2CHELIKANI VENKATA RAMA RAOCommunist Party of India · CPI1,24,89139.5%
- 3YELETI SESHAGIRI RAOSwatantra Party · SWA47,82415.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −1.5%
- INC share
- 27.4% → 45.4%
- CPI share
- 19.9% → 39.5%
- Turnout
- 82.6% → 69.7%