1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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. 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 -

Detailed Results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Poll % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Srikakulam 67.84% B. Rajagopala Rao 2,33,171 69.48 N. G. Ranga 95,710 28.521,37,46140.96 2 Paravathipuram (ST) 51.77% B. Satyanarayana 1,90,975 73.82 Narasimharo Viswasarai 38,847 15.021,52,12858.80 3 Bobbili 53.82% K. Narayana Rao 2,23,043 84.51 R. Chandrasekhara Rao 40,874 15.491,82,16969.02 4 Visakhapatnam 58.87% P. V. G. Raju 1,84,464 57.63 T. Viswanadham 1,17,276 36.6467,18820.99 5 Bhadrachalam (ST) 40.95% B. Radhabai Rao 1,15,367 58.54 Nupa Bojji 47,319 24.0168,04834.53 6 Anakapalli 57.99% S. R. A. S. Appala Naidu 2,15,209 69.06 V. V. Ramana 69,115 22.181,46,09446.88 7 Kakinada 64.62% M. S. Sanjeevi Rao 3,13,060 87.47 P. V. N. Raju 20,134 5.632,92,92681.84 8 Rajahmundry 68.54% Pattabhirama Rao 2,50,124 64.59 Prabhakara Ch. Chitturi 53,642 13.851,96,48250.74 9 Amalapuram (SC) 66.74% B. S. Murthy 3,01,405 82.13 Penumala Gopalakrishna 43,846 11.952,57,55970.18 10 Narasapur 65.49% M. T. Raju 2,85,356 72.60 Uddaraju Raman 92,601 23.561,92,75549.04 11 Eluru 64.15% Kommareddi Suryanarayana 2,35,933 66.31 V. V. G. Tilak 60,878 17.111,75,05549.20 12 Gudivada 68.97% Ankinedu Maganti 2,79,225 70.90 H. R. Sayoji Ra 68,791 17.472,10,43453.43 13 Vijayawada 64.78% K. L. Rao 2,51,917 69.88 D. Nagabhushana Rao 95,913 26.611,56,00443.27 14 Machilipatnam 68.53% Meduri Nageswarrao 2,78,514 75.39 Venkataswamy Mandala 73,640 19.932,04,87455.46 15 Ongole 68.48% P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao 2,84,597 70.89 Gogineni Bharati Devi 1,04,703 26.081,79,89444.81 16 Guntur 67.33% Kotha Raghuramaiah 2,60,086 62.45 Jupudi Yagna Narayana 69,068 16.591,91,01845.86 17 Narasaraopet 59.23% Maddi Sudarsanam 2,37,264 64.84 Yeeram C. Narasimharao 1,06,413 29.081,30,85135.76 18 Kavali 56.15% Puli Venkata Reddy 1,96,492 59.80 Rebala D. Rama Reddy 65,378 19.901,31,11439.90 19 Nellore (SC) 61.04% Doddav Arapukamakshiah 2,35,658 66.18 Bangapulakshman 61,724 17.331,73,93448.85 20 Tirupathi (SC) 54.88% Balakrishnaiah Thamburu 2,31,262 75.08 C. V. Siddaiahmurthy 76,753 24.921,54,50950.16 21 Chittoor 69.07% P. Narasimha Reddy 2,45,052 67.81 K. P. Chengalraya Naidu 1,16,313 32.191,28,73935.62 22 Rajampet 62.35% Parthasarathi Pothuraju 2,43,603 72.97 Yesoda Reddy 65,735 19.691,77,86853.28 23 Cuddapah 58.78% Yieswara Reddy 2,00,713 60.26 Vutukuru Rami Reddy 1,07,099 32.1693,61428.10 24 Hindupur 54.89% P. Bayapa Reddy 1,98,127 69.65 P. Ravindra Reddy 74,117 26.051,24,01043.60 25 Anantapur 59.87% Antony Reddi Ponnapati 2,00,701 62.68 Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 1,11,644 34.8789,05727.81 26 Kurnool 58.68% Kodanda Rami Reddy 2,70,697 87.15 Y. Gadiingana Gowdu 29,344 9.452,41,35377.70 27 Nandyal 59.05% P. Venkatasubbaiah 2,25,740 66.18 Kanala Anki Reddy 95,284 27.941,30,45638.24 28 Nagarkurnool (SC) 52.59% M. Bheeshmadev 1,49,781 56.51 P. Mahendranath 1,04,381 39.3845,40017.13 29 Mahbubnagar 49.06% J. Rameshwar Rao 1,27,949 48.35 D. K. Satya Reddy 1,10,459 41.7417,4906.61 30 Hyderabad 49.43% G. S. Melkote 1,34,941 57.27 Badr-Ud-Dintyabji 85,529 36.3049,41220.97 31 Secunderabad 43.23% M. M. Hashim 98,620 45.49 K. L. Narayan 74,977 34.5823,64310.91 32 Siddipet (SC) 52.46% G. Venkat Swamy 1,69,436 65.08 A. R. Devraj 79,851 30.6789,58534.41 33 Medak 50.19% Mallikarjun 1,52,975 58.62 Narsimha Reddy 99,544 38.1453,43120.48 34 Nizamabad 56.33% Ram Gopal Reddy M. 1,55,323 51.73 Ananth Reddy K. 95,586 31.8359,73719.90 35 Adilabad 58.90% P. Ganga Reddy 1,51,482 52.60 K. V. Kishan Rao 1,36,532 47.4014,9505.20 36 Peddapalli (SC) 48.33% V. Tulasiram 1,65,054 66.45 M. R. Krishna 56,323 22.681,08,73143.77 37 Karimnagar 47.97% M. Satyanarayan Rao 1,19,869 47.19 V. Jalapathi Rao 1,09,848 43.2510,0213.94 38 Warangal 60.99% S. B. Giri 1,82,258 55.62 K. Sudarsana Reddy 88,618 27.0493,64028.58 39 Khammam 70.14% T. Lakshmi Kantamma 1,37,830 36.94 Chekuri Kasaiah 1,21,369 32.5316,4614.41 40 Nalgonda 59.36% K. Ram Krishna Reddy 1,11,704 35.53 Vedire Narsimha Reddy 1,06,306 33.815,3981.72 41 Miryalguda 63.53% Bhimreddy Reddy 1,15,199 34.78 Keesara Jithender Reddy 1,07,515 32.467,6842.32

See also Elections in Andhra Pradesh

References

External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History