Who won Punganur in the 1972 Assembly election?

RANI SUNDABAMMANNI of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Punganur in the 1972 Assembly election with 27,623 votes (79.3% vote share), a margin of 22,748 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

144. Punganur

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-PUNGANUR

INC 79.3%won by 65.3%SWA 14.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 65.3%.

Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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not in source

Turnout

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Valid votes

34,848

Margin

22,748

65.28%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC

1RANI SUNDABAMMANNI Indian National Congress · INC27,62379.3%
2NALI BEDDEPPA REDDY Swatantra Party · SWA4,87514.0%
3BADLA KRISHNAMURTHY RAO Independent · IND8832.5%
4K. DAVID Independent · IND8692.5%
5TANKASALA VENKATESA GUPTA Independent · IND5981.7%

Since 1967

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–SWA swing: +49.4%
INC share: 55.1% → 79.3%
SWA share: 39.1% → 14.0%
Turnout: — → —

143. Palmaner 145. Madanapalle

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