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Constituency

36. Adilabad

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-ADILABAD

INC 52.6%won by 5.2%TPS 47.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 5.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerTPS (TPS) finished second with 47.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 91.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,14,876
Turnout
55.9%
Valid votes
2,88,014
Margin
14,950
5.19%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1P. GANGA REDDYIndian National Congress · INC1,51,48252.6%
  2. 2K. V. KISHAN RAOTPS · TPS1,36,53247.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCTPS swing
−54.3%
INC share
59.5% 52.6%
TPS share
0.0% 47.4%
Turnout
57.9% 55.9%