Constituency
14. Vijayawada
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-VIJAYAWADA
INC 69.9%won by 43.3%CPI 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 43.3%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 63.6% to 63.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,66,683
Turnout
63.6%
Valid votes
3,60,503
Margin
1,56,004
43.27%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1K. L. RAOIndian National Congress · INC2,51,91769.9%
- 2D. NAGABHUSHANA RAOCommunist Party of India · CPI95,91326.6%
- 3ALASAPURI RAJAYYAIndependent · IND8,2802.3%
- 4NADENDLA SATYANARAYANANCO · NCO4,3931.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- +43.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 69.9%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- 0.0% → 63.6%