Constituency
20. Nellore
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-NELLORE
INC 33.0%won by 4.3%IND 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 4.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.6% between them, down from 76.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,62,683
Turnout
70.6%
Valid votes
3,97,413
Margin
16,983
4.27%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1B. ANJANAPPAIndian National Congress · INC1,30,98133.0%
- 2E.V. CHINNAIAHIndependent · IND1,13,99828.7%
- 3T. RAYAPPACommunist Party of India · CPI72,22318.2%
- 4M. RAMAKRISHNAIAHSwatantra Party · SWA64,06716.1%
- 5U. YARRAIAHIndependent · IND16,1444.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −38.4%
- INC share
- 49.2% → 33.0%
- IND share
- 6.5% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- 69.9% → 70.6%