1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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 Decrease3 Increase5
Popular vote 5,711,263 2,505,619
Percentage 47.96% 21.04%


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 Steady
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

References

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