Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972
287 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, 58.08% turnout.
Seats
287
Candidates
1,013
2 women, 1 elected
Turnout
58.08%
1.43 cr of 2.46 cr
Leading party
INC
219 of 287 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Andhra Pradesh
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 219 | +54 | 287 | 74,74,255 | 52.29% | +6.87 |
| INDIndependent | 57 | -11 | 488 | 46,04,943 | 32.22% | +5.81 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 7 | -4 | 59 | 8,54,742 | 5.98% | -1.80 |
| SWASwatantra Party | 2 | -27 | 20 | 2,82,949 | 1.98% | -7.86 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | -8 | 32 | 4,54,038 | 3.18% | -4.43 |
| STSSTS | 1 | +1 | 40 | 2,37,934 | 1.66% | — |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | -3 | 56 | 2,66,192 | 1.86% | -0.24 |
| NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation) | 0 | 0 | 11 | 45,303 | 0.32% | — |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36,466 | 0.26% | — |
| RPKRPK | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21,357 | 0.15% | — |
| SOPSOP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9,952 | 0.07% | — |
| MILMIL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3,582 | 0.03% | — |
| BCMBCM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 910 | 0.01% | — |
- INC219 (76%)
- IND57 (20%)
- CPI7 (2%)
- SWA2 (1%)
- CPM1 (0%)
- STS1 (0%)
- INC219
- IND57
- CPI7
- SWA2
- CPM1
- STS1
- INC219
- IND57
- CPI7
- SWA2
- CPM1
- STS1
Constituency performance
From the 287 results in Andhra Pradesh
Closest contest
PODILI
won by 125 (0.24%)
Biggest victory
DORNAKAL
won by 0 (—)
Highest turnout
VUYYUR
82.08%
Lowest turnout
DORNAKAL
0.00%
Seat change
Against Andhra Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained120 (42%)
- Changed hands123 (43%)
- New seat44 (15%)
120 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 123 changed hands. 44 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Andhra Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- IND
- CPI
- SWA
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 287 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 287
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHAMPET | INCP. MAHENDRA NATH | INDP. RADHAKRISHNA | 17,69135.42% | 62.5% |
| ACHANTA | INCGOTTIMUKKALA VENKANNA | CPMDIGU ATI SUNDARRAJU | 4,9308.46% | 66.0% |
| ADDANKI | INCDASARI PRAKASAM | INDNARRA SUBBA RAO | 9,08215.16% | 60.6% |
| ADILABAD | INCMASOOD AHMED | INDBHAGWAN RAO | 20,10841.29% | 64.6% |
| ADONI | INCH. SATHYA NARAYANA | INDC. SANKAR RAO | 11,08624.01% | 56.2% |
| ALAIR | INCANREDDY PUNNA REDDY | INDK. YAKUBU REDDY | 7,37512.59% | 67.3% |
| ALAMPUR | INCT. CHANRA SEKHARA REDDY | INDSRIRAMA REDDY | 22,17041.51% | 62.1% |
| ALLAGAHDA | INDS. VENKATA SUBBA REDDY | INCGANGULA THIMNA REDDY | 2,5783.46% | 73.4% |
| ALLAVARAM | INCSRIVISHNU PRASADARAO MOKA | INDPARA ATA VEERARAGHAVULU | 12,72524.84% | 63.1% |
| ALLUR | INCREBALA D RAMA REDDY | CPMJAKKA VENKA REDDY | 5040.90% | 59.1% |
| ALUR | INCP. RAJARATNA RAO | NCOJOHARAPURAM KARIAPPA | 16,18866.59% | 31.9% |
| AMALAPURAM | INCKUDUPUDI PRABHAKARA RAO | INDRAVANAM RAMACHENDRA RAO | 9,65015.86% | 77.0% |
| AMARCHINTA | INCSOMBHOPAL | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| ANAKAPALLI | INCPENTAKOTA VENKATA RAMANA | CPIGOVINDARAO KODUGANTI | 6,89312.18% | 64.0% |
| ANAPARTHI | INCRAMAKRISHANA CHOWDARY V | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| ANATAPUR | INCANANTHA VENKATAREDDY | INDKARANAM RAMACHANDRA RAO | 14,91241.11% | 40.2% |
| ANDOLE | INCC RAJANARASIMHA | INDLAXMAN KUMAR | 13,90127.36% | 62.8% |
| ARMOOR | INCTUMMALA RANGAREDDY | INDSUDERSHAN RAO | 18,04242.06% | 47.4% |
| ASAFNAGAR | INCSYED RAHMAT ALI | INDISMAIEEL ZAREEH | 2,7106.59% | 49.1% |
| ASIFABAD | INCK BHEEM RAO | CPISIDA MOTHI | 19,33454.89% | 50.0% |
| ATMAKUR | INCKANCHARLA SRIHARI NAIDU | INDGANGA CHINA KONDAIAH | 5,3409.48% | 64.7% |
| ATTILI | INCV RAJU KALIDINDI | INDVABAHALAREDDI CUDIMETLA | 5,7368.45% | 70.5% |
| AVANIGADDA | INCM. VENKATAKRISHNA RAO | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| BADVEL | INCBIJIVEMULA VEERA REDDY | INDV. SIVARAMA KRISHNA RAO | 4,2446.92% | 71.1% |
| BALKONDA | INCG RAJARAM | INDRAJESHWER | 8,77515.20% | 61.4% |
| BANDAR | INCLAKSHMANA RAO PEDASINGU | INDPERNI KIRSHNA MURTHY | 7,84415.38% | 67.2% |
| BANGARIPOLIEM | INCM. MUNASWAMY | SWAC. V. SIDDAIAH MOORTHY | 12,40732.17% | 49.1% |
| BANSWADA | INCSREENIVASARAO | INDRAJAIAH | 2,5924.70% | 64.1% |
| BAPATLA | INCPRABHAKARA RAO KONA | INDSESHAGIRIRAO MUPPALANENI | 2,2893.42% | 72.3% |
| BHADRACHALAM | INCMATTA RAMACHANDRAIAH | CPMMURLA YERRAIAH REDDY | 5,08711.51% | 56.0% |
| BHEMUNIPATNAM | INCD S SURYANARAYANA | INDAPPALA N KOTA | 6,00212.22% | 62.3% |
| BHIMAVARAM | INCB VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU | INDVENKARTAMARAJU YERAKARAJU | 4,0146.19% | 72.6% |
| BHOGAPURAM | INCAPPADUDORA KOMMURU | INDBADDUKONDARAMUNAIDU | 21,74350.83% | 59.0% |
| BHONGIR | INCKONDA LAKSHMAN BAPUJI | CPMKANDELA RANGA REDDY | 15,23426.74% | 66.0% |
| BOATH | INCDEV SHAH S A | CPIARKA RAMA RAO | 12,93931.12% | 49.0% |
| BOBBILI | INCC V KRISHNA RAO | INDKOLLIVENKATA KURIMINAIDU | 2,3473.95% | 72.5% |
| BODHAN | INCNARAYAN REDDY | INDRENUKADAS RAO | 7,82015.00% | 61.0% |
| BUGGARAM | INDJOGINIPALLI DAMODHAR RAO | INCB RAMULU | 7,53316.64% | 53.2% |
| BURGAMPAHAD | INCKAMARAM RAMAYYA | INDGOGALA SEETHAIAH | 8,05715.05% | 56.4% |
| BURUGUPUDI | INCKORUPURANACHANDRARAO | INDVARRE PADMARAJU | 16,59931.03% | 59.0% |
| CHALAKURTHI | INCNIMMALA RAMULI | INDAMIR DDY MADHAVA REDDY | 12,89031.35% | 66.4% |
| CHARMINAR | INDSYED HASSAN | STSS. RAGHUVEER RAO | 9,75027.00% | 51.1% |
| CHEEPURUPALLI | INCPYDAPU NAIDU SOUTHU | INDMUDUNDI SATYANARAYANARAJU | 2,9656.74% | 58.8% |
| CHENNUR | INDKUNDOOR MADHUSUDHAN REDDY | INCNEMARUGOMMULAVIMALA DEVI | 1,7143.46% | 68.0% |
| CHERIYAL | INCPAMBALA KATAM LINGAIAH | CPIKOMPELLY VENKATAIAH | 13,99936.72% | 53.5% |
| CHEVELLA | INCKISHAN RAO | INDANANTHA REDDY | 10,95524.24% | 60.4% |
| CHEYYERU | INCPALLA VENKATA RAO | INDGUTTULA VENKATESWARA RAO | 11,28516.07% | 71.7% |
| CHILAKULURIPET | INCBOBBALA SATYANARAYANA | SWAKANDIMALLA BUTCHAIAH | 11,07617.14% | 68.2% |
| CHINNUR | INCKODATI RAJAMMALLY | IND— | 0— | 0.0% |
| CHINTALAPUDI | INDKONESWARARAO DANNAPANENI | INCIMMANUEL DAYYALA | 4,9757.54% | 79.2% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Andhra Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972?
Indian National Congress won 219 of 287 seats in Andhra Pradesh, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Andhra Pradesh assembly election, Mar 1972?
Turnout was 58.08% — 1.43 cr of 2.46 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Andhra Pradesh have?
Andhra Pradesh has 287 assembly seats.
