1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

For State Assembly election, see 1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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43 seats
First party Second party   Leader Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Puchalapalli Sundarayya Party INC CPI Leader's seat None None Last election 37 2 Seats won 34 7 Seat change 3 5 Popular vote 5,711,263 2,505,619 Percentage 47.96% 21.04%
Andhra Pradesh
Prime Minister before election Jawaharlal Nehru INC Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal Nehru INC

The 1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 43 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 34 out of 43 seats. ^[1]

Voting and results

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			57,11,263	47.96		43	34
	CPI			25,05,619	21.04		20	7
	SWP			17,75,495	14.91		28	1
	BJS			1,39,049	1.17		8	0
	REP			1,14,872	0.96		3	0
	PSP			8,287	0.07		1	0
	IND			16,53,436	13.89		44	1
Total				1,19,08,021	100%	-	147	43	-

Members elected

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Srikakulam	Boddipalli Rajagopala Row		INC	112,172	42.60	Suggu Srinivasa Reddy		SWA	80,357	30.51	31,815	12.09
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	Biddika Satyanarayana		INC	131,625	58.79	Viswasarayai Narsimha Rao		SWA	92,253	41.21	39,372	17.58
3	Cheepurupalli	Ravu Venkata Gopalakrishna Ranga Rao		INC	135,315	52.02	Kerri Narayanarao		SWA	110,351	42.43	24,964	9.59
4	Visakhapatnam	Vijaya Ananada		INC	159,423	70.01	Maddi Pattabhirama Reddy		SWA	68,281	29.99	91,142	40.02
5	Anakapalli	Missula Suryanarayanamurthy		INC	96,895	37.95	Villuri Venkataramana		SWA	80,885	31.68	16,010	6.27
6	Narsipatnam (ST)	Matcharasa Matcharaju		INC	73,518	38.09	Karam Bapanna Dora		SWA	72,171	37.40	1,347	0.69
7	Rajahmundry (ST)	Datla Satyanarayana Raju		INC	175,602	55.14	Nalla Reddi Naidu		IND	52,228	16.40	123,374	38.74
8	Kakinada	Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao		INC	143,575	45.39	Chelikani Venkata Rama Rao		CPI	124,891	39.49	18,684	5.90
9	Amalapuram (SC)	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy		INC	151,439	46.49	Keneti Mohana Rao		CPI	138,869	42.63	12,570	3.86
10	Narasapur	Datla Balaramaraju		INC	181,878	50.04	Uddarraju Ramam		CPI	167,209	46.00	14,669	4.04
11	Eluru	Viramachaneni Vimaladevi		CPI	159,379	47.44	Kumari Mothey Vedakumari		INC	157,910	47.00	1,469	0.44
12	Gudivada	Manganti Ankineedu		INC	186,452	48.96	Yarlagadda Venkatakrishnarao		CPI	169,718	44.57	16,734	4.39
13	Vijayawada	K. L. Rao		INC	177,794	50.97	Nanduri Durga Mallikharjuna Prasada Rao		CPI	154,811	44.38	22,983	6.59
14	Machilipatnam	Mandali Venkataswamy		IND	153,720	44.13	Mandali Venkata Krishnarao		INC	149,508	42.92	4,212	1.21
15	Tenali	Kolla Venkaiah		CPI	143,396	40.33	Nadimpalli Venkatalakshmi Narasimha Rao		INC	119,469	33.60	23,927	6.73
16	Guntur	Kotha Raghu Ramaiah		INC	204,533	57.52	Sastla Venkata Lakshminarasimham		IND	104,591	29.42	99,942	28.10
17	Ongole	Madala Narayanaswamy		CPI	127,120	39.69	T. S. Paulus		INC	124,777	38.95	2,343	0.74
18	Markapur	Gujjula Yellamanda Reddy		CPI	146,909	49.03	Chegireddy Balireddy		INC	120,082	40.08	26,827	8.95
19	Kavali	Bezwada Gopala Reddy		INC	167,031	51.95	Bezwada Ramachandra Reddy		SWA	139,068	43.26	27,963	8.69
20	Nellore (SC)	B. Anjanappa		INC	165,206	49.16	Meriga Ramakrishnaiah		SWA	93,301	27.76	71,905	21.40
21	Tirupathi (SC)	C. Dass		INC	119,539	53.84	C. V. Siddaiah Murthy		SWA	102,491	46.16	17,048	7.68
22	Chittoor	Madabhusi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar		INC	130,026	45.27	C. V. L. Narayan		SWA	106,062	36.93	23,964	8.34
23	Rajampet	C. L. Narasimha Reddy		SWA	155,017	52.95	T. N. Viswanatha Reddy		INC	137,752	47.05	17,265	5.90
24	Cuddapah	Yeddula Eswara Reddy		CPI	158,877	44.02	Vuntukuru Rami Reddy		INC	138,010	38.23	20,867	5.79
25	Anantapur	Osman Ali Khan		INC	120,826	41.61	I. Sadasivan		CPI	95,958	33.04	24,868	8.57
26	Hindupur	K. V. Ramakrishna Reddy		INC	89,521	35.67	Erukalappa		IND	60,479	24.10	29,042	11.57
27	Adoni	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah		INC	136,513	56.88	Nayakanti Sankara Reddy		SWA	103,491	43.12	33,022	13.76
28	Kurnool	Yasoda Reddy		INC	121,999	42.66	Mukkamala Venkatasubba Reddy		IND	85,085	29.75	36,914	12.91
29	Gadwal	Janumpally Rameshwar Rao		INC	116,150	44.76	D. K. Satya Reddy		IND	100,316	38.66	15,834	6.10
30	Mahbubnagar (SC)	J. B. Mutyal Rao		INC	117,573	61.55	K. R. Veeraswamy		IND	51,253	26.83	66,320	34.72
31	Hyderabad	Gopal S. Melkote		INC	96,447	56.19	Abdul Wahed Owasi		IND	53,378	31.10	43,069	25.09
32	Secunderabad	Ahmed Mohiuddin		INC	92,459	48.16	V. Ramachandra Rao		IND	67,889	35.36	24,570	12.80
33	Vicarabad	Sangam Lakshimi Bai		INC	123,193	59.20	Ramuloo		SWA	44,093	21.19	79,100	38.01
34	Medak	P. Hanumantha Rao		INC	88,098	45.21	Molgu Jagannathreddy		IND	68,966	35.39	19,132	9.82
35	Nizamabad	H. C. Heda		INC	106,570	45.54	M. Narayana Reddy		IND	79,550	33.99	27,020	11.55
36	Adilabad	G. Narayan Reddy		INC	129,068	61.45	V. G. Dora Sami		IND	39,983	19.04	89,085	42.41
37	Karimnagar	Juvvadi Ramapathi Rao		INC	120,472	50.74	Gurram Madhava Reddy		IND	53,069	22.35	67,403	28.39
38	Peddapalli (SC)	M. R. Krishna		INC	149,561	69.53	Palanivelu		CPI	65,540	30.47	84,021	39.06
39	Warangal	Bakar Ali Mirza		INC	113,308	46.54	S. Ramanatham		CPI	112,572	46.24	736	0.30
40	Mahbubabad	Etikala Madhusudhan Rao		INC	126,100	45.36	Teegala Satyanarayana Rao		CPI	112,524	40.48	13,576	4.88
41	Khammam	T. Lakshikantamma		INC	163,806	49.78	T. B. Vittal Rao		CPI	151,746	46.11	12,060	3.67
42	Nalgonda	Ravi Narayana Reddy		CPI	159,145	55.86	Kanchinepalli Pedda Venkatarama Rao		INC	125,749	44.14	33,396	11.72
43	Miryalguda (SC)	Laxmi Dass		CPI	140,884	50.53	Vaddapalli Kasiram		INC	114,319	41.00	26,565	9.53

See also

• Elections in Andhra Pradesh

References

1. "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History