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12. Eluru

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-ELURU

INC 66.3%won by 49.2%CPI 17.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 49.2%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 14.0% to 62.9%.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,65,759
Turnout
62.9%
Valid votes
3,55,815
Margin
1,75,055
49.20%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KOMMAREDDI SURYANARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC2,35,93366.3%
  2. 2V. V. G. TILAKCommunist Party of India · CPI60,87817.1%
  3. 3VEERAMACHANENI VENKATANARAYANAIndependent · IND37,77210.6%
  4. 4PEATHI SESHAIAHIndependent · IND8,1202.3%
  5. 5VASE NAGESWARARAORPK · RPK4,8421.4%
  6. 6VASE RAMARAOMLP · MLP4,5411.3%
  7. 7VERRAMILLI NARASIMHARAOIndependent · IND1,8990.5%
  8. 8SREERAMACHANDRARAO PINNAMANENIIndependent · IND1,8300.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+48.7%
INC share
41.8% → 66.3%
CPI share
41.3% → 17.1%
Turnout
76.8% → 62.9%
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