Constituency
16. Ongole
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-ONGOLE
INC 53.9%won by 20.5%CPM 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 39.0% to 53.9% of the vote here (+15.0%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.4% of the vote between them, up from 78.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.7% to 73.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,38,338
Turnout
73.0%
Valid votes
3,93,257
Margin
80,458
20.46%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1K. JAGGAIAHIndian National Congress · INC2,12,07153.9%
- 2M. NARAYANASWAMYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,31,61333.5%
- 3J.L. CHOWDARYCommunist Party of India · CPI40,72310.4%
- 4M.V. RAMAMURTHYIndependent · IND8,8502.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 39.0% → 53.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- 62.4% → 73.0%