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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

287 seats · 140 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 219 seatsIndependent — 57 seatsCommunist Party of India — 7 seatsSwatantra Party — 2 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 1 seatSTS — 1 seat144287of 287 seats
  • INC219
  • IND57
  • CPI7
  • SWA2
  • CPM1
  • STS1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress21976%74,74,25552.3%270
INDIndependent5720%46,04,94332.2%488
CPICommunist Party of India72%8,54,7426.0%59
SWASwatantra Party21%2,82,9492.0%20
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)10%4,54,0383.2%32
STSSTS10%2,37,9341.7%40
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh00%2,66,1921.9%56

+ 6 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

159 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 144

1972 · selected
Majority 144
INC219IND57CPI7SWA2CPM1STS1
1967 · previous
Majority 144

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1972

1967 1972· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
45.4
52.3
26.4
32.2
7.8
6.0
9.8
2.0
7.6
3.2
INCINDCPISWACPM

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
165 → 219
+54
IND
68 → 57
−11
CPI
11 → 7
−4
SWA
29 → 2
−27
CPM
9 → 1
−8
STS
0 → 1
+1
BJS
3 → 0
−3
SSP
1 → 0
−1
RPI
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1972

share lostshare gained
INC
45.4% → 52.3%
+6.9%
IND
26.4% → 32.2%
+5.8%
STS
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
NCO
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
SSP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
CPI
7.8% → 6.0%
−1.8%
CPM
7.6% → 3.2%
−4.4%
SWA
9.8% → 2.0%
−7.9%

Biggest INC–IND swings

Seats where the INC-vs-IND vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − IND share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward IND.

toward INDtoward INC
Giddalur
+133.6%
Sarvepalli
+106.5%
Allur
+105.2%
Salur
+91.5%
Warangal
+86.9%
Kavali
−86.7%
Prathipadu
+80.9%
Prathipadu
+75.4%
Buggaram
−74.5%
Hindupur
+74.4%
Kalwakurthy
+71.5%
Venkatagiri
+69.8%

Closest races · 1972

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1972

287 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967