Constituency
16. Guntur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-GUNTUR
INC 57.5%won by 28.1%IND 29.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.0% to 28.1%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.9% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.0% to 68.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,16,008
Turnout
68.9%
Valid votes
3,55,564
Margin
99,942
28.11%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KOTHA RAGHU RAMAIAHIndian National Congress · INC2,04,53357.5%
- 2SASTLA VENKATA LAKSHMINARASIMHAMIndependent · IND1,04,59129.4%
- 3KOLLI BASIVEREDDIJS · JS24,7827.0%
- 4KARUMANCHI VENKATESWARARAOIndependent · IND21,6586.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +6.1%
- INC share
- 59.1% → 57.5%
- IND share
- 37.1% → 29.4%
- Turnout
- 52.9% → 68.9%