1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
← 1967 1978 →
All 287 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly; 144 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,607,903
Turnout	59.71%
Chief Minister before election; P. V. Narasimha Rao; Indian National Congress	Chief Minister ; P. V. Narasimha Rao; Indian National Congress

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The 5th Andhrapradesh 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, CPI won 7 seats and Independent won 57 seats.

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

Election Results[edit]

Votes Table[edit]

NO. OF VALID VOTES	14292623
NO. OF VOTES REJECTED	400407 ( 2.73% of Total Votes Polled
NO. OF POLLING STATIONS	29721
AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION	828

Results Party Wise[edit]

PARTY ^[1]	SEATS			VOTES POLLED		VOTE % IN
	CONTESTED	WON	FD	VOTES	%	SEATS
NATIONAL PARTIES 1 . BJS	56	0	44	266192	1.86%	9.29%
2. CPI	59	7	13	854742	5.98%	27.49%
3. CPM	32	1	9	454038	3.18%	24.91%
4. INC	287	219	5	7474255	52.29%	52.29%
5. NCO	11	0	9	45303	0.32%	7.11%
6. SOP	4	0	4	9952	0.07%	5.08%
7. SWA	20	2	7	282949	1.98%	27.43%
STATE PARTIES 8 . DMK	3	0	0	36466	0.26%	24.49%
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
9 . BCM	1	0	1	910	0.01%	2.49%
10 . MIL	3	0	3	3582	0.03%	2.51%
11. RPK	9	0	8	21357	0.15%	4.09%
12. STS	40	1	28	237934	1.66%	13.55%
INDEPENDENTS 13 . IND	488	57	292	4604943	32.22%	36.83%
Grand Total :	1,013	287	423	14292623

Constituency-wise winners[edit]

No	Constituency ^[1]				'Winner
1	ICHAPURAM				UPPADA RANGABABU			INC
2	SOMPETA				MAJJI TULASIDAS			INC
3	TEKKALI				SATTARU LOKANADHAM NAIDU			INC
4	HARISCHANDRAPURAM				KAPPALANARASIMHAN BHUKTA			INC
5	NARASANNAPETA				BAGGU SAROJANAMMA			INC
6	PATAPATNAM (SC)				SUKKA PAGADALU			INC
7	KOTHURU (ST)				NARASIMHARAO VISWASARAI			IND
8	NAGURU (ST)				C CHUDAMANI DEV V			IND
9	PARVATHIPURAM				CHIKATI PARASURAM NAIDU			IND
10	SALUR (ST)				MUTYALLU JANNI			INC
11	BOBBILI				C V KRISHNA RAO			INC
12	PEDAMANAPURAM				LAKSHUMU NAIDU TENTU			IND
13	VUNUKURU				PALAVALASA RUKMINAMMA			INC
14	PALAKONDA (SC)				KOTTAPALLI NARASAYYA			INC
15	NAGARIKATAKAM				PYDI SRI RAMA MURTHY			IND
16	SRIKAKULAM				CHALLA LAKSHMINARAYANA			IND
17	ETCHERLA				BALLADA HARIYAPPADU			IND
18	PONDURU				LAKSHMANADASU LUKALAPU			INC
19	CHEEPURUPALLI				PYDAPU NAIDU SOUTHU			INC
20	GAJAPATHINAGARAM				PENUMATCHA SAMBASIVARAJU			INC
21	VTZIANAGARAM				APPANNADORA APPASANI			INC
22	BHOGAPURAM				APPADUDORA KOMMURU			INC
23	BHEMUNIPATNAM				D S SURYANARAYANA			INC
24	VISAKHAPATNAM I				SRI M R DEEN			INC
25	VISAKHAPATNAM I I				POTHINA SANYASI RAO			IND
26	JAMI				APPALA S R UPPALAPATI			IND
27	MADUGULA				BODDU KALAVATHI			INC
28	SRUNGAVARAPUKOTA				KAKARALAPUDI V R S P RAJU			INC
29	PADERU (ST)				TAMARBA CHITTINAIDU			INC
30	GOMPA				GOORLE KRISHNAM NAIDU			INC
31	CHODAVARAM				PALAVELLI VECHALAPU			INC
32	ANAKAPALLI				PENTAKOTA VENKATA RAMANA			INC
33	PARAVADA				BHATTAM SRIRAM MURTHY			INC
34	ELAMANCHILI				KAKARALAPUDI K VENKATA			IND
35	PAYAKARAOPETA (SC)				GANTLANA SURYANARAYANA			INC
36	INARASIPATNAM				SURYANARAYANA R S R SAGI			INC
37	CHINTAPALLI (ST)				INGUVA RAMANNA PADALU			INC
38	YELLAVARAM (ST)				RATNABAI TADAPATLA			INC
39	BURUGUPUDI				KORUPURANACHANDRARAO			INC
40	RAJAMMUNDRY				BATHULA MALLIKARJUNARAO			INC
41	KADIAM (SC)					BATTIWA SUBBARAO		INC
42	JAGGAMPETA					PANTHAM PADMANABHAM		INC
43	PEDDAPURAM					KONDAPALLI KRISHNAMURTY		INC
44	PRATHIPADU					JPGIRAJU VARUPULA		INC
45	TUNI					N VIJAYALAKSHMI		INC
46	PITHAPURAM					YALLA SURYANARAYANAMURTY		INC
47	SAMPARA					CHERUKUVADA VENKATARATHAM		INC
48	KAKINADA					C V K RAO		IND
49	TALLAREVU (SC)					SATHIRAJU SADANALA		INC
50	ANAPARTHI					RAMAKRISHANA CHOWDARY V		INC
51	RAMACHANDRAMURAM					SATYANARAYANA REDDI		INC
52	PAMARRU					KAMALADEVI GAUHAM		INC
53	CHEYYERU					PALLA VENKATA RAO		INC
54	ALLAVARAM (SC)					SRIVISHNU PRASADARAO MOKA		INC
55	AMALAPURAM					KUDUPUDI PRABHAKARA RAO		INC
56	KOTHAPETA					DENDULURI BHANUTILAKAM		INC
57	NAGARAM (SC)					GEDDAM MAHALAKSHMI		INC
58	RAZOLE					BIKKINA GOPALAKRISHNARAO		IND
59	HARASAPUR					PARAKALA SESHAVATARAM		INC
60	PALACOLE					CHEGONDI VENKATA HARA		INC
61	ACHANTA (SC)					GOTTIMUKKALA VENKANNA		INC
62	BHIMAVARAM					B VIJAYA KUMAR RAJU		INC
63	UNDI					DANDUBOYIWA PERAZAH		INC
64	PENUGONDA					VANKA SATYANARAYANA		CPI
65	TENUKU					GAUNAMANI SATYANARAYAN		INC
66	ATTILI					V RAJU KALIDINDI		INC
67	TADEPALLIGUDEM					ELI ANJANEYULU		IND
68	UNGUTUR					CHENTALAPATI S V S MR		INC
69	DENDULUR					RAMAMOHAN R MOTAPARTHY		INC
70	ELURU					AMANAGANTI SRIRAMULU		IND
71	GOPALAPURAM (SC)					SALI VENKATA RAO		IND
72	KOYYUR					ALLA HANUMANTHA RAO		IND
73	POLAVARAM (ST)					KANITHI RAMULU		INC
74	CHINTALAPUDI					KONESWARARAO DANNAPANENI		IND
75	JAGGAYYAPET					V R G K M PRASAD		IND
76	NANDIGAMA					VASANTHA NAGESWARA RAO		INC
77	VIJAYAWADA EAST					RAMA RAO DAMMALAPATI		INC
78	VIJAYAWADA WEST					ASIB PASHA		INC
79	KANKIPADU					AKKINENI BHASKRA RAO		INC
80	MYLAVARAM					CHANAMOLU VENKATA RAO		INC
81	TIRUYUR (SC)					RAMAIAH KOTA		INC
82	NUZVID					MEKA RAJARANGAYYAPPA RAO		INC
83	GANNAVARAM					E S ANANDA BAI TAPPATA		INC
84	VUYYUR						KAKANI VENKATARATNAM	INC
85	GUDIVADA						KATARI SATYANARAYANA RAO	INC
86	MUDINEPALLI						RAMANADHAM KAZA	INC
87	KAIKALUR						KAMMILI MANGATAYARAMMA	INC
88	MALLESHWARAM						PINNERTI PANIDESWANA RAO	INC
89	BANDAR						LAKSHMANA RAO PEDASINGU	INC
90	NIDUMOLU (SC)						KANUMURI SOMESWARARAN	INC
91	AVANIGADDA						M. VENKATAKRISHNA RAO	INC
92	KUCHINAPUDI						ANAGANI BHAGAVANTA RAO	INC
93	REPALLE						CHANNAIAH YADAM	INC
94	VEMUR						YEDLAPATI VENKATRAO	SWA
95	DUGGIRALA						BONTU GOPALA REDDY	INC
96	TENALI						DOUDAPANENI INDIRA	IND
97	PONNUR						DOPPALAPUDI RANGARAO	IND
98	BAPATLA						PRABHAKARA RAO KONA	INC
99	PRATHIPAD						PETER PAUL CHUKKA	INC
100	GUNTUR I						VIJAYA RAMANUJAM	INC
101	GUNTUR I I						NISSANKARARAO VENKATA RATNAM	IND
102	MANGALAGIRI						SRIKRISHNA VEMULAPALLI	CPI
103	TADIKONDA						RATTAIAH G. V.	INC
104	SATTENAPALLI						VEERANJANEYA SARMA GADA	INC
105	REDDAKURAPADU						PATHIMUNNISA BEGAM	INC
106	GURZALA						NAGIREDDY MANDPATI	CPI
107	MACHERLA						JULAKANTI NAGIREDDY	IND
108	VINUKONDA						BHAVANAM JAYAPRADHA	INC
109	NARASARAOPET						DONDETI KRISHNAREDDY	INC
110	CHILAKULURIPET						BOBBALA SATYANARAYANA	INC
111	PARCHUR						MADDUKURI NARAYANA RAO	IND
112	CHIRALA						KOTAIAH GUDDANTI	INC
113	ADDANKI						DASARI PRAKASAM	INC
114	SANTHANUTHACAPADU (SC)						ARETI KOTAIAH	INC
115	ONGOLE						SRONGAVARAPU JEEVARATNAM	INC
116	KONDAPI						DIVVI SANKARAIAH	CPI
117	KANDUKUR						M. AUDINARAYANA REDDY	IND
118	KANIGIRI						SURA PAPI REDDY	IND
119	PODILI						KATURI NARAYANASWAMY	IND
120	DARSI						D. KAJA GOPALA REDDY	INC
121	YERRAGONDIPALEM						KANDULA OBULA REDDI	INC
122	MARKAPUR						M. NASAR BAIG	INC
123	GIDDALUR						PIDATHALA RANGA REDDY	INC
124	UDAYAGIRI						CHENCHURAMAIAH PONNEBOINA	INC
125	KAVALI						GOTTI PATI KONDAPA NAIDU	IND
126	ALLUR						REBALA D RAMA REDDY	INC
127	KOVUR		P. RAMACHANDRA REDDY					INC
128	ATMAKUR		KANCHARLA SRIHARI NAIDU					INC
129	RAPUR		N. VENKATARATNAM NAIDU					IND
130	NELLORE		VENKATA REDDY ANAM					INC
131	SARVEPALLI (SC)		MANGALAGIRI NANADAS					INC
132	GUDUR		D. SREENIVASUL REDDI					IND
133	SULLURPET (SC)		PITLA VENKATASUBBAIAH					INC
134	VENKATAGIRI (SC)		OREPALLI VENKAIASUBBAIAH					INC
135	KALAMASTI		BALARAMA REDDY ADDURU					IND
136	SATYAVEDU (SC)		C. DASS					INC
137	NAGARI		KILARI GOPALU NAIDU					INC
138	PUTTUR		ELAVARTHI GOPAL RAJU					INC
139	VEPANJERI (SC)		V. MUNASAMAPPA					INC
140	CHITTOOR		D. ANIANEYULU NAIDU					INC
141	BANGARIPOLIEM (SC)		M. MUNASWAMY					INC
142	KUPPAM		D .VENKATESAM					IND
143	PALMANER		M. M. RATHNAM					INC
144	PUNGANUR		RANI SUNDABAMMANNI					INC
145	MADANAPALLE		ALLURI NARASINGA ROW					INC
146	THAMBALLAPALLE		T. N. ANASUYAMMA					INC
147	VAYALPAD		N. AMARNATHA REDDY					INC
148	PILERU		MOGAL SYFULLA BAIG					INC
149	TIRUPATHI		VIJAYASIKHAMANI					INC
150	KODUR (SC)		SRIRAMULU GUNTI					INC
151	RAJAMPET		RATNA SABHAPATI BANDARU					SWA
152	RAYACHOTY		HABIBULLAH MAHAL					INC
153	LAKKIREDDIPALLI		RAJGOPAL REDDY					INC
154	CUDDAPAM		GAKKA;A RAMGA REDDY					INC
155	BADVEL		BIJIVEMULA VEERA REDDY					INC
156	MYDUKUR		SETTIPALLI NAGI REDDY					INC
157	PAODDATUR		KOPPA RABU SUBBA RAO					INC
158	JAMMALAHADUGU		N. REDDY THARHIREDDY					IND
159	KAMLAPURAM		RANUVA SEETHA RAMIAH					INC
160	PULIVENDLA		BASIREDDI PENCHIKALA					INC
161	KADIRI		C. NARAYANA REDDY					IND
162	NALLAMDA		AGISAM VEERAPPA					INC
163	GORANTLA		P. RAVINDRA REDDY					IND
164	HINDUPUR		G. SOMASEKHAR					INC
165	MADAKASIRA (SC)		M. YELLAPPA					INC
166	PENUKONDA		S. D. NARAYANA REDDY					INC
167	KALYANDRUG (SC)		M. LAKSHMI DEVI					INC
168	RAYADRUG		J. THIPPESWAMY					INC
169	URAVAKONDA		BUKKITLA BASAPPA					IND
170	GOOTY	DUDDE KUNTA VENKATAREDDY						IND
171	SINGANMALA	TARIMELA RANGA REDDY						IND
172	ANATAPUR	ANANTHA VENKATAREDDY						INC
173	DHARAMAVARAM	P. V. CHOWDARY						INC
174	TADPATRI	CHALLA SUBBARAYUDU						INC
175	ALUR (SC)	P. RAJARATNA RAO						INC
176	ADONI	H. SATHYA NARAYANA						INC
177	YEMMIGANUR	P. O. SATHYANARAYANA RAJU						INC
178	KODUMUR (SC)	D. MUNISWAMY						INC
179	KURNOOL	RAHIMAN KHAN P.						INC
180	PATTIKONDA	K. B. NARASAPPA						INC
181	DHONE	SESHANNA						INC
182	KOILKUNTLA	B. V. SUBBAREDDY						INC
183	ALLAGAHDA	S. VENKATA SUBBA REDDY						IND
184	PANYAM	ERASU AYYAPU REDDY						INC
185	NANDIKOTKUR	MADDRU SUBBA REDDY						INC
186	NANDYAL	BOJJA VENKATAREDDY						IND
187	ACHAMPET (SC)	P. MAHENDRA NATH						INC
188	NAGARKURNOOL	V. N. GOUD						INC
189	KALWAKURTHI	S. JAIPAL REDDY						INC
190	SHADNAGAR (SC)	N. V. JAGANNADHAM						INC
191	JADCHERLA	N. NARASAPPA						INC
192	MAHBUBNAGAR	IBRAHIM ALI ANSARI						INC
193	WANAKARTHI	AYYAPPA						INC
194	ALAMPUR	T. CHANRA SEKHARA REDDY						INC
195	KOLLAPUR	K. RANGADAS						IND
196	GADWAL	PAGA PULLA REDDY						INC
197	AMARCHINTA	SOMBHOPAL						INC
198	MAKTHAL	KALYANI RAMCHANDER RAO						INC
199	KODANGAL	NANDARAM VENKATAIAH						IND
200	TANDUR	M. MANIK RAO						INC
201	VICARABAD (SC)	TIRUMALAIAH						IND
202	PARGI	K. RAM REDDY						INC
203	CHEVELLA	KISHAN RAO						INC
204	IBRAHIMPATNAM	N. ANANTHA REDDY						INC
205	MUSHEERABAD	T. ANJAIAH						INC
206	GAGAN MAHAL	SHANTA BAI TALPALLIKAR						INC
207	MAHARAJGANJ	N. LAXMI NARAYAN						INC
208	KHAIRATABAD	NAGAM KRISHNA RAO						INC
209	ASAFNAGAR	SYED RAHMAT ALI						INC
210	SITARAMBAGH	SHAFIUR RAHMAN						IND
211	MALAKPET	B. SAROJINI PULLA REDDY						INC
212	YAKUTPURA	SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI						IND
213	CHARMINAR						SYED HASSAN	IND
214	SECUNDERABAD						L. NARAYANA	INC
215	SECUNDERABAD CANTT (SC)						V. MANKAMMA	INC
216	MEDCHAL (SC)						SUMITRA DEVI	INC
217	SIDDEPET						MADAN MOHAN	INC
218	DOMMAT						RAMACHANDRA REDDY	INC
219	GAJWEL (SC)						GAJWELLISAIDAIAD	INC
220	NARASAPUR						C JAGANNATH RAO	INC
221	SANGAREDDY						P RAMACHANDRA REDDY	INC
222	ANDOLE (SC)						C RAJANARASIMHA	INC
223	ZAHIRABAD						M BAGA REDDY	INC
224	NARAYANKHED						VENKAT REDDY	IND
225	MEDAK						RAMCHANDER RAO KARNAM	IND
226	RAMAYANPET						KONDALA REDDY	IND
227	BALKONDA						G RAJARAM	INC
228	ARMOOR						TUMMALA RANGAREDDY	INC
229	KAMAREDDY						Y SATYANARAYANA	INC
230	YELLAREDDY (SC)						J ESHWARIBAI	STS
231	BANSWADA						SREENIVASARAO	INC
232	JUKKAL						SAMAL VITHAL REDDY	IND
233	BODHAN						NARAYAN REDDY	INC
234	NIZAMABAD						V CHAKRADHAR RAO	IND
235	MUDHOLE						GADDANNA	INC
236	NIRMAL						P NARSA REDDY	INC
237	BOATH (ST)						DEV SHAH S A	INC
238	ADILABAD						MASOOD AHMED	INC
239	ASIFABAD (ST)						K BHEEM RAO	INC
240	SIRPUR						K V KESHAVALU	INC
241	LUXETTIPET						J V NARSINGH RAO	INC
242	CHINNUR (SC)						KODATI RAJAMMALLY	INC
243	MANTHANI						P V NARSIMHA RAO	INC
244	PEDDAPALLI						JINNA MALLA REDDY	INC
245	MYDARAM (SC)						G ESWAR	INC
246	HUZURABAD						VODITHELA RAJESWAR RAO	INC
247	KAMALAPUR						PARIPATI JANARDHAN REDDY	IND
248	INDURTHI						BADDAM YELLA REDDY	CPI
249	NUSTHULAPUR (SC)						PREMLATA DEVI	INC
250	KARIMNAGAR						JUVVADI CHOKKA RAO	INC
251	BUGGARAM						JOGINIPALLI DAMODAR RAO	IND
252	JAGTIAL						VELICHALA JAGAPATHI RAO	INC
253	METPALLI						CHENNAMNENI SATHYANARAYANA	INC
254	SIRCHILLA						JUVVADI NARSINGA RAO	INC
255	NARELLA (SC)						G. BHOOPATHY	IND
256	CHERIYAL (SC)			PAMBALA KATAM LINGAIAH				INC
257	JANGAON			KASANI NARAYANA				INC
258	CHENNUR			KUNDOOR MADHUSUDHAN REDDY				IND
259	DORNAKAL			N. RAMCHANDRA REDDY				INC
260	MAHABUBABAD			J. JANARDHAN REDDY				INC
261	NARSAMPET			MAUDIKAYALA OMKAR				CPM
262	WARDHASNNAPET			T. PURUSHOTHAM RAO				IND
263	GHANPUR			T. HAYAGRIVA CHARY				INC
264	WARANGAL			P. UMA REDDY				INC
265	HASANPARTHY (SC)			ROUTU NARSIMHA RAMAIAH				INC
266	PARKAL			PINGALI DHARMA REDDY				INC
267	MULUG			SANTOSH CHAKRAVARTHY				INC
268	BHADRACHALAM (ST)			MATTA RAMACHANDRAIAH				INC
269	BURGAMPAHAD (ST)			KAMARAM RAMAYYA				INC
270	PALWANCHA			CHEKURI KASAIAH				INC
271	VEMSOOR			JACAGAM VENGALA RAO				INC
272	MADHIRA			DIGGINERI VENKATRAVAMMA				INC
273	PALAIR (SC)			KATHULA SHANTHAH				INC
274	KHAMMAM			MOHD. RAJJAB ALI				CPI
275	YELLANDU			VANGA SUBBA RAO				INC
276	TUNGATURTHI			GURUGANTI VENKAT NARSAIAH				IND
277	SURYAPET (SC)			YEDLA GOPAIAH				INC
278	HUZURNAGAR			KEASARA J. REDDY				IND
279	MIRYALGUDA			C. K. REDDY TIPPANA				INC
280	CHALAKURTHI			NIMMALA RAMULI				INC
281	NAKREKAL			MUSAPOTA KAMALAMM				INC
282	NALGONDA			CHAKILAM SRINIVASA RAO				INC
283	RAMANNAPET (SC)			VADDEPALLI KASIRAM				INC
284	ALAIR			ANREDDY PUNNA REDDY				INC
285	BHONGIR			KONDA LAKSHMAN BAPUJI				INC
286	MUNGODE			GOVARDHAN REDDY PALVAI				INC
287	DEVERKONDA			BONDIPALI RAMSARMA				CPI

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