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17. Guntur

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-GUNTUR

INC 62.5%won by 45.9%BJS 16.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 29.2% to 45.9%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 16.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.0% between them, down from 89.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 66.1%.

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

Electorate
6,29,787
Turnout
66.1%
Valid votes
4,16,439
Margin
1,91,018
45.87%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KOTHA RAGHURAMAIAHIndian National Congress · INC2,60,08662.5%
  2. 2JUPUDI YAGNA NARAYANABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS69,06816.6%
  3. 3VEMULAPALLI SRIKRISHNACommunist Party of India · CPI47,42811.4%
  4. 4MOTURI HANUMANTHA RAOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM29,3407.0%
  5. 5KOLLA CHENCHAIAHIndependent · IND4,6131.1%
  6. 6GUTHIKONDA NARAHARIIndependent · IND1,8610.4%
  7. 7GOVINDARAJU LAXMINARAYANAIndependent · IND1,6400.4%
  8. 8INTURI SAMBASIVARAOIndependent · IND1,4240.3%
  9. 9ONGOLE PAPARAOIndependent · IND9790.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−13.4%
INC share
59.3% → 62.5%
BJS share
0.0% → 16.6%
Turnout
70.9% → 66.1%
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