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Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Feb 1962

The 3rd Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
300
151 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
177 seats · majority
Candidates
988
24 women, 10 elected
Turnout
61.50%
1.17 cr of 1.9 cr

The house

300 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

300SEATS
  • INC177
  • IND51
  • CPI51
  • SWA19
  • SOC2

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress177—30047.3%55,23,35947.25%—1
INDIndependent51—30220.9%23,93,41520.48%—174
CPICommunist Party of India51—13640.6%22,82,76719.53%—8
SWASwatantra Party19—14121.8%12,15,98710.40%—70
SOCSOC2—1513.0%70,8780.61%—11
JSBharatiya Jana Sangh0—704.2%1,21,7211.04%—69
REPREP0—186.4%46,3380.40%—17
PSPPraja Socialist Party0—616.2%34,7320.30%—4

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Andhra Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1962

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
DHONEAndhra PradeshINCNEELAM SANJEEVA REDDYINDLAKSHMISWARAMMA31,37282.50%
VIZIANAGARAMAndhra PradeshINCBHATTAM SRIRAMAMURTYJSVOBBILLISETTY RAMARAO30,62376.93%
WANAPARTHIAndhra PradeshINCKUMUDINI DEVIINDGANGAVARAM SIVA REDDI22,64270.47%
SULTAN BAZARAndhra PradeshINCVASUDEV KRISHANJI NAIKINDISMAIL ZABIH14,31368.98%
RAMATHIRTHAMAndhra PradeshINCGANTLANA SURYANARAYANASWAKOPPULA ASANNA12,98267.78%
SIRPURAndhra PradeshINCSANJIVA REDDYINDM. BALARAMAIAH14,37262.94%
SRUNGAVARAPUKOTAAndhra PradeshINCGUJJALA DHARAM NAIDUSWATUMIRELLI RAMULU8,90461.77%
IBRAHIMPATAMAndhra PradeshINCM. N. LAKSHMINARSAIAHINDKALEM PAPA REDDY21,92961.62%
BALIJIPETAAndhra PradeshINCVASIREDDI KRUSHNAMURITHI NAIDUSWADWARAPUREDDI SURYANARAYANA23,64059.03%
ANDOLEAndhra PradeshINCS. L. DEVIINDBASVA MANAIAH18,98557.59%

Closest results of Feb 1962

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
JANGAOAndhra PradeshINCGOKA RAMALINGAMCPIKANDUKURI RAGHAVULU110.03%
BURGAMPAHADAndhra PradeshCPIKANGALA BUTCHAYYAINCKOMARAM RAMAIAH420.09%
TANUKUAndhra PradeshINCMULLAPUDI HARISCHANDRAPRASADINDCHITTURI INDRAIAH1110.17%
SARVEPALLIAndhra PradeshINDVEMAREDDY VENKUREDDYINCVANGALLU KODANDARAMI REDDI860.18%
KANKIPADUAndhra PradeshINCCHENNUPATI RAMAKOTAIAHCPIMYNENI LAKSHMANASWAMY840.18%
NAGARAMAndhra PradeshINCANIREDDY RANGA REDDYCPIBHIMAREDDY NARSIMHA REDDY1010.22%
KOVVURAndhra PradeshINCALLURI BAPINEEDUINDKODURI KRISHNARAO2070.36%
ALAMPURAndhra PradeshINCD. MURALIDHAR REDDYINDPUGA PULLA REDDY1670.39%
BODDAMAndhra PradeshINCALLU DASAVATHARAMSWAGORRIPATI BUTCHI APPARAO2140.56%
GUNTUR I IAndhra PradeshINCCHEBROLU HAMUMAIAHCPIDAMINENI YAGNA RAMAIAH3580.67%