Constituency
22. Chittoor
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CHITTOOR
INC 67.8%won by 35.6%NCO 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.0% to 35.6%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,41,516
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
3,61,365
Margin
1,28,739
35.63%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1P. NARASIMHA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC2,45,05267.8%
- 2K. P. CHENGALRAYA NAIDUNCO · NCO1,16,31332.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NCO swing
- −18.4%
- INC share
- 54.0% → 67.8%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- 66.6% → 66.7%