1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The 1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 1972. It was the fifth after formation of states. Indian National Congress won 219 seats out of 287 seats. While, Communist Party of India won 7 seats and independents won 57 seats.

The number of polling stations was 29,721 and the number of electors per polling station was 828.

Results Vote share

Seat share

Results by party +Source: PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) 7,474,255 52.29 new 287 219 new Communist Party of India 854,742 5.98 1.80 59 7 4 Swatantra Party 282,949 1.98 7.86 20 2 27 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 454,038 3.18 4.43 32 1 5 Sampurna Telangana Praja Samithi 237,934 1.66 new 40 1 new Other parties 383,762 2.70 N/A 87 0 N/AIndependents 4,604,943 32.22 5.81 488 57 11Total14,292,623100.00N/A1,013287N/AVote statisticsValid votes14,292,62397.27Invalid votes400,4072.73Votes cast/ turnout14,693,03059.71Abstentions9,914,87340.29Registered voters24,607,903

Results by constituency ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty1 Ichapuram None Uppada Rangababu 2 Sompeta None Majji Tulasidas 3 Tekkali None Sattaru Lokanadham Naidu 4 Harischandrapuram None Kappalanarasimhan Bhukta 5 Narasannapeta None Baggu Sarojanamma 6 Patapatnam SC Sukka Pagadalu 7 Kothuru ST Narasimharao Viswasarai 8 Naguru ST C Chudamani Dev V 9 Parvathipuram None Chikati Parasuram Naidu 10 Salur ST Mutyallu Janni 11 Bobbili None C V Krishna Rao 12 Pedamanapuram None Lakshumu Naidu Tentu 13 Vunukuru None Palavalasa Rukminamma 14 Palakonda SC Kottapalli Narasayya 15 Nagarikatakam None Pydi Sri Rama Murthy 16 Srikakulam None Challa Lakshminarayana 17 Etcherla None Ballada Hariyappadu 18 Ponduru None Lakshmanadasu Lukalapu 19 Cheepurupalli None Pydapu Naidu Southu 20 Gajapathinagaram None Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju 21 Vtzianagaram None Appannadora Appasani 22 Bhogapuram None Appadudora Kommuru 23 Bhemunipatnam None D S Suryanarayana 24 Visakhapatnam I None Sri M R Deen 25 Visakhapatnam I I None Pothina Sanyasi Rao 26 Jami None Appala S R Uppalapati 27 Madugula None Boddu Kalavathi 28 Srungavarapukota None Kakaralapudi V R S P Raju 29 Paderu ST Tamarba Chittinaidu 30 Gompa None Goorle Krishnam Naidu 31 Chodavaram None Palavelli Vechalapu 32 Anakapalli None Pentakota Venkata Ramana 33 Paravada None Bhattam Sriram Murthy 34 Elamanchili None Kakaralapudi K Venkata 35 Payakaraopeta SC Gantlana Suryanarayana 36 Narasipatnam None Suryanarayana R S R Sagi 37 Chintapalli ST Inguva Ramanna Padalu 38 Yellavaram ST Ratnabai Tadapatla 39 Burugupudi None Korupuranachandrarao 40 Rajammundry None Bathula Mallikarjunarao 41 Kadiam SC Battiwa Subbarao 42 Jaggampeta None Pantham Padmanabham 43 Peddapuram None Kondapalli Krishnamurty 44 Prathipadu None Jpgiraju Varupula 45 Tuni None N Vijayalakshmi 46 Pithapuram None Yalla Suryanarayanamurty 47 Sampara None Cherukuvada Venkataratham 48 Kakinada None C V K Rao 49 Tallarevu SC Sathiraju Sadanala 50 Anaparthi None Ramakrishana Chowdary V 51 Ramachandramuram None Satyanarayana Reddi 52 Pamarru None Kamaladevi Gauham 53 Cheyyeru None Palla Venkata Rao 54 Allavaram SC Srivishnu Prasadarao Moka 55 Amalapuram None Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao 56 Kothapeta None Denduluri Bhanutilakam 57 Nagaram SC Geddam Mahalakshmi 58 Razole None Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao 59 Harasapur None Parakala Seshavataram 60 Palacole None Chegondi Venkata Hara 61 Achanta SC Gottimukkala Venkanna 62 Bhimavaram None B Vijaya Kumar Raju 63 Undi None Danduboyiwa Perazah 64 Penugonda None Vanka Satyanarayana 65 Tenuku None Gaunamani Satyanarayan 66 Attili None V Raju Kalidindi 67 Tadepalligudem None Eli Anjaneyulu 68 Ungutur None Chentalapati S V S Mr 69 Dendulur None Ramamohan R Motaparthy 70 Eluru None Amanaganti Sriramulu 71 Gopalapuram SC Sali Venkata Rao 72 Koyyur None Alla Hanumantha Rao 73 Polavaram ST Kanithi Ramulu 74 Chintalapudi None Koneswararao Dannapaneni 75 Jaggayyapet None V R G K M Prasad 76 Nandigama None Vasantha Nageswara Rao 77 Vijayawada East None Rama Rao Dammalapati 78 Vijayawada West None Asib Pasha 79 Kankipadu None Akkineni Bhaskra Rao 80 Mylavaram None Chanamolu Venkata Rao 81 Tiruyur SC Ramaiah Kota 82 Nuzvid None Meka Rajarangayyappa Rao 83 Gannavaram None E S Ananda Bai Tappata 84 Vuyyur None Kakani Venkataratnam 85 Gudivada None Katari Satyanarayana Rao 86 Mudinepalli None Ramanadham Kaza 87 Kaikalur None Kammili Mangatayaramma 88 Malleshwaram None Pinnerti Panideswana Rao 89 Bandar None Lakshmana Rao Pedasingu 90 Nidumolu SC Kanumuri Someswararan 91 Avanigadda None M. Venkatakrishna Rao 92 Kuchinapudi None Anagani Bhagavanta Rao 93 Repalle None Channaiah Yadam 94 Vemur None Yedlapati Venkatrao 95 Duggirala None Bontu Gopala Reddy 96 Tenali None Doudapaneni Indira 97 Ponnur None Doppalapudi Rangarao 98 Bapatla None Prabhakara Rao Kona 99 Prathipad None Peter Paul Chukka 100 Guntur I None Vijaya Ramanujam 101 Guntur I I None N. Rao Venkata Ratnam 102 Mangalagiri None Srikrishna Vemulapalli 103 Tadikonda None Rattaiah G. V. 104 Sattenapalli None Veeranjaneya Sarma Gada 105 Reddakurapadu None Pathimunnisa Begam 106 Gurzala None Nagireddy Mandpati 107 Macherla None Julakanti Nagireddy 108 Vinukonda None Bhavanam Jayapradha 109 Narasaraopet None Dondeti Krishnareddy 110 Chilakuluripet None Bobbala Satyanarayana 111 Parchur None Maddukuri Narayana Rao 112 Chirala None Kotaiah Guddanti 113 Addanki None Dasari Prakasam 114 Santhanuthacapadu SC Areti Kotaiah 115 Ongole None Srongavarapu Jeevaratnam 116 Kondapi None Divvi Sankaraiah 117 Kandukur None M. Audinarayana Reddy 118 Kanigiri None Sura Papi Reddy 119 Podili None Katuri Narayanaswamy 120 Darsi None D. Kaja Gopala Reddy 121 Yerragondipalem None Kandula Obul Reddy 122 Markapur None M. Nasar Baig 123 Giddalur None Pidathala Ranga Reddy 124 Udayagiri None Chenchuramaiah Ponneboina 125 Kavali None Gotti Pati Kondapa Naidu 126 Allur None Rebala D Rama Reddy 127 Kovur None P. Ramachandra Reddy 128 Atmakur None Kancharla Srihari Naidu 129 Rapur None N. Venkataratnam Naidu 130 Nellore None Venkata Reddy Anam 131 Sarvepalli SC Mangalagiri Nanadas 132 Gudur None D. Sreenivasul Reddi 133 Sullurpet SC Pitla Venkatasubbaiah 134 Venkatagiri SC Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah 135 Kalahasti None Balarama Reddy Adduru 136 Satyavedu SC C. Dass 137 Nagari None Kilari Gopalu Naidu 138 Puttur None Elavarthi Gopal Raju 139 Vepanjeri SC V. Munasamappa 140 Chittoor None D. Anianeyulu Naidu 141 Bangaripoliem SC M. Munaswamy 142 Kuppam None D .Venkatesam 143 Palmaner None M. M. Rathnam 144 Punganur None Rani Sundabammanni 145 Madanapalle None Alluri Narasinga Row 146 Thamballapalle None T. N. Anasuyamma 147 Vayalpad None N. Amarnatha Reddy 148 Pileru None Mogal Syfulla Baig 149 Tirupathi None Vijayasikhamani 150 Kodur SC Sriramulu Gunti 151 Rajampet None Ratna Sabhapati Bandaru 152 Rayachoty None Habibullah Mahal 153 Lakkireddipalli None Rajgopal Reddy 154 Cuddapam None Gakka;a Ramga Reddy 155 Badvel None Bijivemula Veera Reddy 156 Mydukur None Settipalli Nagi Reddy 157 Paoddatur None Koppa Rabu Subba Rao 158 Jammalahadugu None N. Reddy Tharhireddy 159 Kamlapuram None Ranuva Seetha Ramiah 160 Pulivendla None Basireddi Penchikala 161 Kadiri None C. Narayana Reddy 162 Nallamda None Agisam Veerappa 163 Gorantla None P. Ravindra Reddy 164 Hindupur None G. Somasekhar 165 Madakasira SC M. Yellappa 166 Penukonda None S. D. Narayana Reddy 167 Kalyandrug SC M. Lakshmi Devi 168 Rayadrug None J. Thippeswamy 169 Uravakonda None Bukkitla Basappa 170 Gooty None Dudde Kunta Venkatareddy 171 Singanmala None Tarimela Ranga Reddy 172 Anatapur None Anantha Venkatareddy 173 Dharamavaram None P. V. Chowdary 174 Tadpatri None Challa Subbarayudu 175 Alur SC P. Rajaratna Rao 176 Adoni None H. Sathya Narayana 177 Yemmiganur None P. O. Sathyanarayana Raju 178 Kodumur SC D. Muniswamy 179 Kurnool None Rahiman Khan P. 180 Pattikonda None K. B. Narasappa 181 Dhone None Seshanna 182 Koilkuntla None B. V. Subbareddy 183 Allagahda None S. Venkata Subba Reddy 184 Panyam None Erasu Ayyapu Reddy 185 Nandikotkur None Maddru Subba Reddy 186 Nandyal None Bojja Venkatareddy 187 Achampet SC P. Mahendra Nath 188 Nagarkurnool None V. N. Goud 189 Kalwakurthi None S. Jaipal Reddy 190 Shadnagar SC N. V. Jagannadham 191 Jadcherla None N. Narasappa 192 Mahbubnagar None Ibrahim Ali Ansari 193 Wanakarthi None Ayyappa 194 Alampur None T. Chanra Sekhara Reddy 195 Kollapur None K. Rangadas 196 Gadwal None Paga Pulla Reddy 197 Amarchinta None Sombhopal 198 Makthal None Kalyani Ramchander Rao 199 Kodangal None Nandaram Venkataiah 200 Tandur None M. Manik Rao 201 Vicarabad SC Tirumalaiah 202 Pargi None K. Ram Reddy 203 Chevella None Kishan Rao 204 Ibrahimpatnam None N. Anantha Reddy 205 Musheerabad None T. Anjaiah 206 Gagan Mahal None Shanta Bai Talpallikar 207 Maharajganj None N. Laxmi Narayan 208 Khairatabad None Nagam Krishna Rao 209 Asafnagar None Syed Rahmat Ali 210 Sitarambagh None Shafiur Rahman 211 Malakpet None B. Sarojini Pulla Reddy 212 Yakutpura None Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi 213 Charminar None Syed Hassan 214 Secunderabad None L. Narayana 215 Secunderabad Cantt SC V. Mankamma 216 Medchal SC Sumitra Devi 217 Siddepet None Madan Mohan 218 Dommat None Ramachandra Reddy 219 Gajwel SC Gajwellisaidaiad 220 Narasapur None C Jagannath Rao 221 Sangareddy None P Ramachandra Reddy 222 Andole SC C Rajanarasimha 223 Zahirabad None M Baga Reddy 224 Narayankhed None Venkat Reddy 225 Medak None Ramchander Rao Karnam 226 Ramayanpet None Kondala Reddy 227 Balkonda None G Rajaram 228 Armoor None Tummala Rangareddy 229 Kamareddy None Y Sathyanarayana 230 Yellareddy SC J Eshwaribai 231 Banswada None Sreenivasarao 232 Jukkal None Samal Vithal Reddy 233 Bodhan None Narayan Reddy 234 Nizamabad None V Chakradhar Rao 235 Mudhole None Gaddanna 236 Nirmal None P Narsa Reddy 237 Boath ST Dev Shah S A 238 Adilabad None Masood Ahmed 239 Asifabad ST K Bheem Rao 240 Sirpur None K V Keshavalu 241 Luxettipet None J V Narsingh Rao 242 Chinnur SC Kodati Rajammally 243 Manthani None P V Narsimha Rao 244 Peddapalli None Jinna Malla Reddy 245 Mydaram SC G Eswar 246 Huzurabad None Vodithela Rajeswar Rao 247 Kamalapur None Paripati Janardhan Reddy 248 Indurthi None Baddam Yella Reddy 249 Nusthulapur SC Premlata Devi 250 Karimnagar None Juvvadi Chokka Rao 251 Buggaram None Joginipalli Damodhar Rao 252 Jagtial None Velichala Jagapathi Rao 253 Metpalli None Chennamneni Sathyanarayana 254 Sirchilla None Juvvadi Narsinga Rao 255 Narella SC G. Bhoopathy 256 Cheriyal SC Pambala Katam Lingaiah 257 Jangaon None Kasani Narayana 258 Chennur None Kundoor Madhusudhan Reddy 259 Dornakal None N. Ramchandra Reddy 260 Mahabubabad None J. Janardhan Reddy 261 Narsampet None Maudikayala Omkar 262 Wardhasnnapet None T. Purushotham Rao 263 Ghanpur None T. Hayagriva Chary 264 Warangal None P. Uma Reddy 265 Hasanparthy SC Routu Narsimha Ramaiah 266 Parkal None Pingali Dharma Reddy 267 Mulug None Santosh Chakravarthy 268 Bhadrachalam ST Matta Ramachandraiah 269 Burgampahad ST Kamaram Ramayya 270 Palwancha None Chekuri Kasaiah 271 Vemsoor None Jacagam Vengala Rao 272 Madhira None Diggineri Venkatravamma 273 Palair SC Kathula Shanthah 274 Khammam None Mohd. Rajjab Ali 275 Yellandu None Vanga Subba Rao 276 Tungaturthi None Guruganti Venkat Narsaiah 277 Suryapet SC Yedla Gopaiah 278 Huzurnagar None Keasara J. Reddy 279 Miryalguda None C. K. Reddy Tippana 280 Chalakurthi None Nimmala Ramuli 281 Nakrekal None Musapota Kamalamm 282 Nalgonda None Chakilam Srinivasa Rao 283 Ramannapet SC Vaddepalli Kasiram 284 Alair None Anreddy Punna Reddy 285 Bhongir None Konda Lakshman Bapuji 286 Mungode None Govardhan Reddy Palvai 287 Deverkonda None Bondipali Ramsarma

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