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BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR ANDHRA PRADESH |
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Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1972 |
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1. |
No. of Seats |
287 |
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2. |
No. of contestants |
1013 |
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3. |
ELECTORS |
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MEN |
WOMEN |
TOTAL |
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i. |
No. of Electors |
10158112 |
10216165 |
20374277 |
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ii |
No. of Voters |
6602262 |
5982652 |
12584914 |
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iii |
Polling percentage |
64.99 |
58.56 |
59.71 |
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4. |
No. of Valid Votes |
14292623 |
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5. |
Votes rejected |
400407 (2.72%) |
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6. |
No. of polling Stations |
27928 |
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7. |
Average No.of Electors per polling station |
730 |
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8.Performance of parties
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PARTY |
No. of candidates |
Seats won |
% of votes polled |
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Indian National Congress |
287 |
219 |
52.29 |
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Indian National Congress (Organisation) |
11 |
0 |
0.32 |
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Swatantra Party |
20 |
2 |
1.98 |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
56 |
0 |
1.86 |
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Communist Party of India |
59 |
7 |
5.98 |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
32 |
1 |
3.18 |
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Socialist Party |
4 |
0 |
0.07 |
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NATIONAL PARTIES |
469 |
229 |
48.82 |
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State Parties |
3 |
0 |
0.26 |
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Regd. Unrecog. Parties |
53 |
1 |
1.85 |
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INDEPENDENT |
488 |
57 |
32.22 |
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TOTAL |
1013 |
287 |
100.00 |