Constituency
5. Visakhapatnam
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-VISAKHAPATNAM
IND 42.0%won by 10.5%INC 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 10.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 0.0% to 42.0% of the vote here (+42.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.9% to 62.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,23,617
Turnout
62.1%
Valid votes
3,25,335
Margin
34,073
10.47%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1T. VISWANATHAMIndependent · IND1,36,76642.0%
- 2P. VENKATRAOIndian National Congress · INC1,02,69331.6%
- 3G.B. APPARAOSwatantra Party · SWA48,15214.8%
- 4N. SOMAYAJULUIndependent · IND18,9635.8%
- 5B.V.S. NAIDUIndependent · IND18,7615.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +80.5%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- INC share
- 70.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- 57.2% → 62.1%