1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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41 seats
First party Second party   Leader P. V. Narasimha Rao Marri Chenna Reddy Party INC(R) TPS Alliance Congress alliance Nonpartisan Leader's seat None None Last election 35 new party Seats won 28 10 Seat change 7 10 Popular vote 7,286,069 1,873,589 Percentage 55.73% 14.33% Swing 8.91% 14.33%
Andhra Pradesh
Prime Minister before election Indira Gandhi INC Prime Minister after election Indira Gandhi INC(R)

The 1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 28 out of 42 seats. ^[1] This election also saw introduction of Telangana Praja Samithi which won 10 out of the 14 seats it contested, mostly in the Telangana region.

Voting and results

Results by alliance

INC	SEATS	TPS	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	28	TPS	10	CPI(M)	1
				CPI	1
				IND	1
TOTAL	28		10		3

Members elected

Constituency	Member	Party
Adilabad	Poddutoori Ganga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Amalapuram (SC)	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy	Indian National Congress
Anakapalli	S. R. A. S. Appala Naidu	Indian National Congress
Anantapur (SC)	Ponnapati Antony Reddi	Indian National Congress
Bapatla	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress
Bhadrachalam (ST)	B. Radhabai Ananda Rao	Indian National Congress
Bobbili	K. Narayana Rao	Indian National Congress
	Pusapati Vijayram Gajapati Raju	Indian National Congress
Chittoor	P. Narasimha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Cuddapah	Yeddula Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
Eluru	Kommareddi Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
Guntur	Kotha Raghuramaiah	Indian National Congress
Hindupur	Pamudurthi Bayapa Reddy	Indian National Congress
Hyderabad	Dr. Gopal S. Melkote	Telangana Praja Samithi
Kakinada	M.S. Sanjeevi Rao	Indian National Congress
Karimnagar	M. Satyanarayan Rao	Indian National Congress
Khammam	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
Kurnool	K. Kodanda Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Machilipatnam	Maganti Ankineedu	Indian National Congress
Mahbubnagar (ST)	Dr. Mallikarjun	Telangana Praja Samithi
	Janumpally Rameshwar Rao	Telangana Praja Samithi
Medak	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress
Miryalguda	Bhim Narasimha Reddy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nagarkurnool (SC)	M. Bheeshma Dev	Telangana Praja Samithi
Nalgonda	Kancherla Ramkrishna Reddy	Telangana Praja Samithi
Nandyal	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah	Indian National Congress
Narasapur (SC)	M.T. Raju	Telangana Praja Samithi
Narasaraopet	Maddi Sudarsanam	Indian National Congress
Nellore (SC)	Doddavarapu Kamakshaiah	Indian National Congress
Nizamabad	M. Ram Gopal Reddy	Telangana Praja Samithi
Ongole	Puli Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress
Parvathipuram (ST)	Biddika Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Peddapalli (SC)	G. Venkatswamy	Telangana Praja Samithi
Rajahmundry (ST)	S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao	Indian National Congress
Rajampet	Pothuraju Parthasarthy	Indian National Congress
Secunderabad	M.M. Hashim	Telangana Praja Samithi
Srikakulam	Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao	Indian National Congress
Tenali	Meduri Nageswara Rao	Indian National Congress
Tirupathi (SC)	Thamburu Balakrishniah	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada	Kanuri Lakshmana Rao	Indian National Congress
Warangal	S.B. Giri	Telangana Praja Samithi

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