Constituency
18. Markapur
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MARKAPUR
CPI 49.0%won by 9.0%INC 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 9.0%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.4% to 49.0% of the vote here (+6.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.1% between them, down from 95.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 24.3% to 63.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,74,652
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
2,99,620
Margin
26,827
8.95%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1GUJJULA YELLAMANDA REDDYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,46,90949.0%
- 2CHEGIREDDY BALIREDDYIndian National Congress · INC1,20,08240.1%
- 3M. EDWARDIndependent · IND32,62910.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +20.0%
- CPI share
- 42.4% → 49.0%
- INC share
- 53.5% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- 38.8% → 63.1%