Constituency
20. Nellore
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-NELLORE
INC 49.2%won by 21.4%SWA 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.2% to 21.4%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.9% of the vote between them, up from 67.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,80,699
Turnout
69.9%
Valid votes
3,36,089
Margin
71,905
21.39%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1B. ANJANAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,65,20649.2%
- 2MERIGA RAMAKRISHNAIAHSwatantra Party · SWA93,30127.8%
- 3E.V. CHINNAIAHREP · REP55,81716.6%
- 4GOVADA NIREEKSHNA RAOIndependent · IND21,7656.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −14.0%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 49.2%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- 70.7% → 69.9%