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Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972

The 5th Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
287
144 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
219 seats · majority
Candidates
1,013
2 women, 1 elected
Turnout
58.08%
1.43 cr of 2.46 cr

The house

287 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

287SEATS
  • INC219
  • IND57
  • CPI7
  • SWA2
  • CPM1
  • STS1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Andhra Pradesh assembly election (1967)

INC
+54
SWA
-27
IND
-11
CPM
-8
CPI
-4
BJS
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress219+5428752.3%74,74,25552.29%+6.875
INDIndependent57-1148818.0%46,04,94332.22%+5.81292
CPICommunist Party of India7-45927.5%8,54,7425.98%-1.8013
SWASwatantra Party2-272027.4%2,82,9491.98%-7.867
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1-83224.9%4,54,0383.18%-4.439
STSSTS1—4013.5%2,37,9341.67%—28
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh0-3569.3%2,66,1921.86%-0.2444
NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation)0—117.1%45,3030.32%—9
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam0—324.5%36,4660.26%—0
RPKRPK0—94.1%21,3570.15%—8
SOPSOP0—45.1%9,9520.07%—4
MILMIL0—32.5%3,5820.03%—3
BCMBCM0—12.5%9100.01%—1

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 Mar 1972

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MANTHANIAndhra PradeshINCP V NARSIMHA RAOSTSE V PADMANBHAN32,38183.71%
GIDDALURAndhra PradeshINCPIDATHALA RANGA REDDYSWAJADI NARAYANA37,53871.69%
MAHABUBABADAndhra PradeshINCJ. JANARDHAN REDDYCPITEEGALA SATYANARAYANA RAO42,47166.60%
ALURAndhra PradeshINCP. RAJARATNA RAONCOJOHARAPURAM KARIAPPA16,18866.59%
PUNGANURAndhra PradeshINCRANI SUNDABAMMANNISWANALI BEDDEPPA REDDY22,74865.28%
VEMSOORAndhra PradeshINCJACAGAM VENGALA RAOINDRAVI VEERA VENKAIAH38,07264.76%
KAIKALURAndhra PradeshINCKAMMILI MANGATAYARAMMAINDANDUGALA JEREMAIAH37,30463.94%
PAYAKARAOPETAAndhra PradeshINCGANTLANA SURYANARAYANAINDBEERA NAGABHUSHANAM18,25260.03%
MADANAPALLEAndhra PradeshINCALLURI NARASINGA ROWBJSMAREPALLEERRAM REDDY26,27859.46%
POLAVARAMAndhra PradeshINCKANITHI RAMULUBJSBOJJI DORA TELLAM27,13658.22%

Closest results of Mar 1972

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
PODILIAndhra PradeshINDKATURI NARAYANASWAMYINCS. M. GHOUSE1250.24%
KONDAPIAndhra PradeshCPIDIVVI SANKARAIAHINDDIVI KONDAIAH CHOUDARY2300.45%
PARCHURAndhra PradeshINDMADDUKURI NARAYANA RAOINCGADE VENKATA REDDY3100.50%
PONNURAndhra PradeshINDDOPPALAPUDI RANGARAOINCMANU ANTA RAO YALAVARTI3420.58%
ZAHIRABADAndhra PradeshINCM BAGA REDDYINDNARAYAN REDDY3670.66%
GANNAVARAMAndhra PradeshINCE S ANANDA BAI TAPPATACPMATLURU SRIMANNARAYANA3550.69%
ALLURAndhra PradeshINCREBALA D RAMA REDDYCPMJAKKA VENKA REDDY5040.90%
GOOTYAndhra PradeshINDDUDDE KUNTA VENKATAREDDYINCR. SULTAN4710.92%
CHIRALAAndhra PradeshINCKOTAIAH GUDDANTIINDSAJJA CHANDRA5980.99%
SATTENAPALLIAndhra PradeshINCVEERANJANEYA SARMA GADAINDVAVILALA GOPALAKRISHNAYYA8091.31%