Constituency
8. Kakinada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-KAKINADA
INC 87.5%won by 81.8%BJS 5.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 81.8%.
- New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 5.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.3% to 63.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,66,461
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
3,57,923
Margin
2,92,926
81.84%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1M. S. SANJEEVI RAOIndian National Congress · INC3,13,06087.5%
- 2P. V. N. RAJUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS20,1345.6%
- 3C. V. K. RAOIndependent · IND19,4345.4%
- 4SATHIRAJU MUMMIDIIndependent · IND4,4171.2%
- 5BHAVARAJU SURYA BHASKARA RAOIndependent · IND8780.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJS swing
- +37.5%
- INC share
- 44.3% → 87.5%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 5.6%
- Turnout
- 71.5% → 63.2%