1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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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.

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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 Decrease 7 Increase 10
Popular vote 7,286,069 1,873,589
Percentage 55.73% 14.33%
Swing Increase 8.91% Increase 14.33%
Prime Minister before election

Indira Gandhi
INC

 Prime Minister after election

Indira Gandhi
INC(R)

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Voting and results

Results by Party

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

More information Constituency, Winner ...
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
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