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15. Machilipatnam

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MACHILIPATNAM

INC 75.4%won by 55.5%SWA 19.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.2% to 55.5%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 83.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.6% to 67.4%.

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

Electorate
5,48,112
Turnout
67.4%
Valid votes
3,69,425
Margin
2,04,874
55.46%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MEDURI NAGESWARRAOIndian National Congress · INC2,78,51475.4%
  2. 2VENKATASWAMY MANDALASwatantra Party · SWA73,64019.9%
  3. 3K. R. SHARMAIndependent · IND9,8962.7%
  4. 4VIDYUNDVALLI SASTRY PURANAMIndependent · IND5,3761.5%
  5. 5RACHABATHUNI SRIGIRIMURTYIndependent · IND1,0350.3%
  6. 6SADHU CHOPPARAIndependent · IND9640.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
+3.4%
INC share
52.1% → 75.4%
SWA share
0.0% → 19.9%
Turnout
76.0% → 67.4%
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