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 Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			72,86,069	55.73	8.91	37	28	7
	TPS			18,73,589	14.33	New	14	10	10
	CPI			7,76,019	5.94	6.68	11	1
	INC(O)			7,25,996	5.55	New	12	0
	SWA			5,97,777	4.57	9.18	9	0	3
	CPI(M)			3,68,713	2.82	3.38	5	1
	BJS			2,05,556	1.57	0.57	5	0
	Others			1,66,972	1.27		21	0
	IND			10,72,692	8.21	10.31	93	1	1
Total				1,30,73,383	100%	-	207	41	-

Members elected

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Srikakulam	Rajagopalarao Bodepalli		INC	233,171	69.48	N. G. Ranga		SWA	95,710	28.52	137,461	40.96
2	Parvathipuram (ST)	Biddika Satyannarayana		INC	190,975	73.82	Narasimharo Viswasarai		SWA	38,847	15.02	152,128	58.80
3	Bobbili	Karri Narayana Rao		INC	223,043	84.51	Routhu Chandrasekhara Rao		SWA	40,874	15.49	182,169	69.02
4	Visakhapatnam	P. V. G. Raju		IND	184,464	57.63	Tenneti Viswanatham		IND	117,276	36.64	67,188	20.99
5	Bhadrachalam (ST)	B. Radhabai Ananda Rao		INC	115,367	58.54	Nupa Bojji		CPI	47,319	24.01	68,048	34.53
6	Anakapalli	S. R. A. S. Appaluanidu		INC	215,209	69.06	V. V. Ramana		SWA	69,115	22.18	146,094	46.88
7	Kakinada	M. S. Sanjeevi Rao		INC	313,060	87.47	P. V. N. Raju		BJS	20,134	5.63	292,926	81.84
8	Rajahmundry	S. B. P. Pattabhi Ramarao		INC	250,124	64.59	Prabhakara Chowdary Chitturi		CPI	53,642	13.85	196,482	50.74
9	Amalapuram (SC)	B. S. Murthy		INC	301,405	82.13	Penumala Gopalakrishna		INC(O)	43,846	11.95	257,559	70.18
10	Narasapur	M. T. Raju		INC	285,356	72.60	Uddaraju Raman		CPI(M)	92,601	23.56	192,755	49.04
11	Eluru	Kommareddi Suryanarayana		INC	235,933	66.31	V. V. G. Tilak		CPI	60,878	17.11	175,055	49.20
12	Gudivada	Ankinedu Maganti		INC	279,225	70.90	H. R. Sayoji Ra		SWA	68,791	17.47	210,434	53.43
13	Vijayawada	K. L. Rao		INC	251,917	69.88	D. Nagabhushana Rao		CPI	95,913	26.61	156,004	43.27
14	Machilipatnam	Meduri Nageswarrao		INC	278,514	75.39	Venkataswamy Mandala		SWA	73,640	19.93	204,874	55.46
15	Ongole	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao		INC	284,597	70.89	Gogineni Bharati Devi		SWA	104,703	26.08	179,894	44.81
16	Guntur	Kotha Raghuramaiah		INC	260,086	62.45	Jupudi Yagna Narayana		BJS	69,068	16.59	191,018	45.86
17	Narasaraopet	Maddi Sudarsanam		INC	237,264	64.84	Yeeram China Narasimharao		IND	106,413	29.08	130,851	35.76
18	Kavali	Puli Venkata Reddy		INC	196,492	59.80	Rebala Dasaratha Rama Reddy		INC(O)	65,378	19.90	131,114	39.90
19	Nellore (SC)	Doddav Arapukamakshiah		INC	235,658	66.18	Bangapulakshman		BJS	61,724	17.33	173,934	48.85
20	Tirupathi (SC)	Balakrishnaiah Thamburu		INC	231,262	75.08	C. V. Siddaiahmurthy		SWA	76,753	24.92	154,509	50.16
21	Chittoor	P. Narasimha Reddy		INC	245,052	67.81	K. P. Chengalraya Naidu		INC(O)	116,313	32.19	128,739	35.62
22	Rajampet	Parthasarathi Pothuraju		INC	243,603	72.97	Yesoda Reddy		INC(O)	65,735	19.69	177,868	53.28
23	Cuddapah	Yieswara Reddy		CPI	200,713	60.26	Vutukuru Rami Reddy		INC(O)	107,099	32.16	93,614	28.10
24	Hindupur	P. Bayapa Reddy		INC	198,127	69.65	P. Ravindra Reddy		INC(O)	74,117	26.05	124,010	43.60
25	Anantapur	Antony Reddi Ponnapati		INC	200,701	62.68	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy		INC(O)	111,644	34.87	89,057	27.81
26	Kurnool	Kodanda Rami Reddy		INC	270,697	87.15	Y. Gadiingana Gowdu		SWA	29,344	9.45	241,353	77.70
27	Nandyal	Rendekanti Venkata Subbaiah		INC	225,740	66.18	Kanala Anki Reddy		INC(O)	95,284	27.94	130,456	38.24
28	Nagarkurnool (SC)	M. Bheeshmadev		TPS	149,781	56.51	P. Mahendranath		INC	104,381	39.38	45,400	17.13
29	Mahbubnagar	J. Rameshwar Rao		TPS	127,949	48.35	D. K. Satya Reddy		INC	110,459	41.74	17,490	6.61
30	Hyderabad	G. S. Melkote		TPS	134,941	57.27	Badr-Ud-Dintyabji		IND	85,529	36.30	49,412	20.97
31	Secunderabad	M. M. Hashim		TPS	98,620	45.49	K. L. Narayan		INC	74,977	34.58	23,643	10.91
32	Siddipet (SC)	G. Venkat Swamy		TPS	169,436	65.08	A. R. Devraj		CPI	79,851	30.67	89,585	34.41
33	Medak	Mallikarjun		TPS	152,975	58.62	Narsimha Reddy		INC	99,544	38.14	53,431	20.48
34	Nizamabad	Ram Gopal Reddy M. M		INC	155,323	51.73	Ananth Reddy K. M		TPS	95,586	31.83	59,737	19.90
35	Adilabad	P. Ganga Reddy		INC	151,482	52.60	K. V. Kishan Rao		TPS	136,532	47.40	14,950	5.20
36	Peddapalli (SC)	V. Tulasiram		TPS	165,054	66.45	M. R. Krishna		INC	56,323	22.68	108,731	43.77
37	Karimnagar	M. Satyanarayan Rao		TPS	119,869	47.19	V. Jalapathi Rao		INC	109,848	43.25	10,021	3.94
38	Warangal	S. B. Giri		TPS	182,258	55.62	K. Sudarsana Reddy		INC	88,618	27.04	93,640	28.58
39	Khammam	T. Lakshmi Kantamma		INC	137,830	36.94	Chekuri Kasaiah		TPS	121,369	32.53	16,461	4.41
40	Nalgonda	Kancherla Ram Krishna Reddy		TPS	111,704	35.53	Vedire Narsimha Reddy		INC	106,306	33.81	5,398	1.72
41	Miryalguda	Bhimreddy Narsimha Reddy		CPI(M)	115,199	34.78	Keesara Jithender Reddy		TPS	107,515	32.46	7,684	2.32

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