Election
Constituency

285. Bhongir

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1972

AP-BHONGIR

INC 51.0%won by 26.7%CPM 24.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 26.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 84.0% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
56,971
Margin
15,234
26.74%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−21.1%
INC share
56.2% → 51.0%
CPM share
8.3% → 24.2%
Turnout
— → —