1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
All 287 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly; 144 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,607,903
Turnout	14,693,030 (59.71%) 9.44%
Chief Minister before election; Kasu Brahmananda Reddy; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; P. V. Narasimha Rao; INC(R)

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, 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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	7,474,255	52.29	6.87%	219	54
	Communist Party of India	854,742	5.98	1.80%	7	4
	Swatantra Party	282,949	1.98	7.86%	2	27
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	454,038	3.18	4.43%	1	5
	Sampurna Telengana Praja Samithi	237,934	1.66	new party	1	new party
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	266,192	1.86	0.25%	0	3
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	45,303	0.32	new party	0	new party
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	36,466	0.26	new party	0	new party
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	21,357	0.15	new party	0	new party
	Samyukta Socialist Party	9,952	0.07	0.29%	0
	Minorities League	3,582	0.03	new party	0	new party
	Backward Classes Mahasabha	910	0.01	new party	0	new party
	Independents	4,604,943	32.22	5.81%	57	11
Total		14,292,623	100.00	–	287

Valid votes		14,292,623	97.27
Invalid/blank votes		400,407	2.73
Total votes		14,693,030	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,607,903	59.71

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Ichapuram	None	Uppada Rangababu	Indian National Congress
Sompeta	None	Majji Tulasidas	Indian National Congress
Tekkali	None	Sattaru Lokanadham Naidu	Indian National Congress
Harischandrapuram	None	Kappalanarasimhan Bhukta	Indian National Congress
Narasannapeta	None	Baggu Sarojanamma	Indian National Congress
Patapatnam	SC	Sukka Pagadalu	Indian National Congress
Kothuru	ST	Narasimharao Viswasarai	Independent
Naguru	ST	C Chudamani Dev V	Independent
Parvathipuram	None	Chikati Parasuram Naidu	Independent
Salur	ST	Mutyallu Janni	Indian National Congress
Bobbili	None	C V Krishna Rao	Indian National Congress
Pedamanapuram	None	Lakshumu Naidu Tentu	Independent
Vunukuru	None	Palavalasa Rukminamma	Indian National Congress
Palakonda	SC	Kottapalli Narasayya	Indian National Congress
Nagarikatakam	None	Pydi Sri Rama Murthy	Independent
Srikakulam	None	Challa Lakshminarayana	Independent
Etcherla	None	Ballada Hariyappadu	Independent
Ponduru	None	Lakshmanadasu Lukalapu	Indian National Congress
Cheepurupalli	None	Pydapu Naidu Southu	Indian National Congress
Gajapathinagaram	None	Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju	Indian National Congress
Vtzianagaram	None	Appannadora Appasani	Indian National Congress
Bhogapuram	None	Appadudora Kommuru	Indian National Congress
Bhemunipatnam	None	D S Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam I	None	Sri M R Deen	Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam I I	None	Pothina Sanyasi Rao	Independent
Jami	None	Appala S R Uppalapati	Independent
Madugula	None	Boddu Kalavathi	Indian National Congress
Srungavarapukota	None	Kakaralapudi V R S P Raju	Indian National Congress
Paderu	ST	Tamarba Chittinaidu	Indian National Congress
Gompa	None	Goorle Krishnam Naidu	Indian National Congress
Chodavaram	None	Palavelli Vechalapu	Indian National Congress
Anakapalli	None	Pentakota Venkata Ramana	Indian National Congress
Paravada	None	Bhattam Sriram Murthy	Indian National Congress
Elamanchili	None	Kakaralapudi K Venkata	Independent
Payakaraopeta	SC	Gantlana Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
Narasipatnam	None	Suryanarayana R S R Sagi	Indian National Congress
Chintapalli	ST	Inguva Ramanna Padalu	Indian National Congress
Yellavaram	ST	Ratnabai Tadapatla	Indian National Congress
Burugupudi	None	Korupuranachandrarao	Indian National Congress
Rajammundry	None	Bathula Mallikarjunarao	Indian National Congress
Kadiam	SC	Battiwa Subbarao	Indian National Congress
Jaggampeta	None	Pantham Padmanabham	Indian National Congress
Peddapuram	None	Kondapalli Krishnamurty	Indian National Congress
Prathipadu	None	Jpgiraju Varupula	Indian National Congress
Tuni	None	N Vijayalakshmi	Indian National Congress
Pithapuram	None	Yalla Suryanarayanamurty	Indian National Congress
Sampara	None	Cherukuvada Venkataratham	Indian National Congress
Kakinada	None	C V K Rao	Independent
Tallarevu	SC	Sathiraju Sadanala	Indian National Congress
Anaparthi	None	Ramakrishana Chowdary V	Indian National Congress
Ramachandramuram	None	Satyanarayana Reddi	Indian National Congress
Pamarru	None	Kamaladevi Gauham	Indian National Congress
Cheyyeru	None	Palla Venkata Rao	Indian National Congress
Allavaram	SC	Srivishnu Prasadarao Moka	Indian National Congress
Amalapuram	None	Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao	Indian National Congress
Kothapeta	None	Denduluri Bhanutilakam	Indian National Congress
Nagaram	SC	Geddam Mahalakshmi	Indian National Congress
Razole	None	Bikkina Gopalakrishnarao	Independent
Harasapur	None	Parakala Seshavataram	Indian National Congress
Palacole	None	Chegondi Venkata Hara	Indian National Congress
Achanta	SC	Gottimukkala Venkanna	Indian National Congress
Bhimavaram	None	B Vijaya Kumar Raju	Indian National Congress
Undi	None	Danduboyiwa Perazah	Indian National Congress
Penugonda	None	Vanka Satyanarayana	Communist Party of India
Tenuku	None	Gaunamani Satyanarayan	Indian National Congress
Attili	None	V Raju Kalidindi	Indian National Congress
Tadepalligudem	None	Eli Anjaneyulu	Independent
Ungutur	None	Chentalapati S V S Mr	Indian National Congress
Dendulur	None	Ramamohan R Motaparthy	Indian National Congress
Eluru	None	Amanaganti Sriramulu	Independent
Gopalapuram	SC	Sali Venkata Rao	Independent
Koyyur	None	Alla Hanumantha Rao	Independent
Polavaram	ST	Kanithi Ramulu	Indian National Congress
Chintalapudi	None	Koneswararao Dannapaneni	Independent
Jaggayyapet	None	V R G K M Prasad	Independent
Nandigama	None	Vasantha Nageswara Rao	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada East	None	Rama Rao Dammalapati	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada West	None	Asib Pasha	Indian National Congress
Kankipadu	None	Akkineni Bhaskra Rao	Indian National Congress
Mylavaram	None	Chanamolu Venkata Rao	Indian National Congress
Tiruyur	SC	Ramaiah Kota	Indian National Congress
Nuzvid	None	Meka Rajarangayyappa Rao	Indian National Congress
Gannavaram	None	E S Ananda Bai Tappata	Indian National Congress
Vuyyur	None	Kakani Venkataratnam	Indian National Congress
Gudivada	None	Katari Satyanarayana Rao	Indian National Congress
Mudinepalli	None	Ramanadham Kaza	Indian National Congress
Kaikalur	None	Kammili Mangatayaramma	Indian National Congress
Malleshwaram	None	Pinnerti Panideswana Rao	Indian National Congress
Bandar	None	Lakshmana Rao Pedasingu	Indian National Congress
Nidumolu	SC	Kanumuri Someswararan	Indian National Congress
Avanigadda	None	M. Venkatakrishna Rao	Indian National Congress
Kuchinapudi	None	Anagani Bhagavanta Rao	Indian National Congress
Repalle	None	Channaiah Yadam	Indian National Congress
Vemur	None	Yedlapati Venkatrao	Swatantra Party
Duggirala	None	Bontu Gopala Reddy	Indian National Congress
Tenali	None	Doudapaneni Indira	Independent
Ponnur	None	Doppalapudi Rangarao	Independent
Bapatla	None	Prabhakara Rao Kona	Indian National Congress
Prathipad	None	Peter Paul Chukka	Indian National Congress
Guntur I	None	Vijaya Ramanujam	Indian National Congress
Guntur I I	None	N. Rao Venkata Ratnam	Independent
Mangalagiri	None	Srikrishna Vemulapalli	Communist Party of India
Tadikonda	None	Rattaiah G. V.	Indian National Congress
Sattenapalli	None	Veeranjaneya Sarma Gada	Indian National Congress
Reddakurapadu	None	Pathimunnisa Begam	Indian National Congress
Gurzala	None	Nagireddy Mandpati	Communist Party of India
Macherla	None	Julakanti Nagireddy	Independent
Vinukonda	None	Bhavanam Jayapradha	Indian National Congress
Narasaraopet	None	Dondeti Krishnareddy	Indian National Congress
Chilakuluripet	None	Bobbala Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Parchur	None	Maddukuri Narayana Rao	Independent
Chirala	None	Kotaiah Guddanti	Indian National Congress
Addanki	None	Dasari Prakasam	Indian National Congress
Santhanuthacapadu	SC	Areti Kotaiah	Indian National Congress
Ongole	None	Srongavarapu Jeevaratnam	Indian National Congress
Kondapi	None	Divvi Sankaraiah	Communist Party of India
Kandukur	None	M. Audinarayana Reddy	Independent
Kanigiri	None	Sura Papi Reddy	Independent
Podili	None	Katuri Narayanaswamy	Independent
Darsi	None	D. Kaja Gopala Reddy	Indian National Congress
Yerragondipalem	None	Kandula Obul Reddy	Indian National Congress
Markapur	None	M. Nasar Baig	Indian National Congress
Giddalur	None	Pidathala Ranga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Udayagiri	None	Chenchuramaiah Ponneboina	Indian National Congress
Kavali	None	Gotti Pati Kondapa Naidu	Independent
Allur	None	Rebala D Rama Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kovur	None	P. Ramachandra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Atmakur	None	Kancharla Srihari Naidu	Indian National Congress
Rapur	None	N. Venkataratnam Naidu	Independent
Nellore	None	Venkata Reddy Anam	Indian National Congress
Sarvepalli	SC	Mangalagiri Nanadas	Indian National Congress
Gudur	None	D. Sreenivasul Reddi	Independent
Sullurpet	SC	Pitla Venkatasubbaiah	Indian National Congress
Venkatagiri	SC	Orepalli Venkaiasubbaiah	Indian National Congress
Kalamasti	None	Balarama Reddy Adduru	Independent
Satyavedu	SC	C. Dass	Indian National Congress
Nagari	None	Kilari Gopalu Naidu	Indian National Congress
Puttur	None	Elavarthi Gopal Raju	Indian National Congress
Vepanjeri	SC	V. Munasamappa	Indian National Congress
Chittoor	None	D. Anianeyulu Naidu	Indian National Congress
Bangaripoliem	SC	M. Munaswamy	Indian National Congress
Kuppam	None	D .venkatesam	Independent
Palmaner	None	M. M. Rathnam	Indian National Congress
Punganur	None	Rani Sundabammanni	Indian National Congress
Madanapalle	None	Alluri Narasinga Row	Indian National Congress
Thamballapalle	None	T. N. Anasuyamma	Indian National Congress
Vayalpad	None	N. Amarnatha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Pileru	None	Mogal Syfulla Baig	Indian National Congress
Tirupathi	None	Vijayasikhamani	Indian National Congress
Kodur	SC	Sriramulu Gunti	Indian National Congress
Rajampet	None	Ratna Sabhapati Bandaru	Swatantra Party
Rayachoty	None	Habibullah Mahal	Indian National Congress
Lakkireddipalli	None	Rajgopal Reddy	Indian National Congress
Cuddapam	None	Gakka;a Ramga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Badvel	None	Bijivemula Veera Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mydukur	None	Settipalli Nagi Reddy	Indian National Congress
Paoddatur	None	Koppa Rabu Subba Rao	Indian National Congress
Jammalahadugu	None	N. Reddy Tharhireddy	Independent
Kamlapuram	None	Ranuva Seetha Ramiah	Indian National Congress
Pulivendla	None	Basireddi Penchikala	Indian National Congress
Kadiri	None	C. Narayana Reddy	Independent
Nallamda	None	Agisam Veerappa	Indian National Congress
Gorantla	None	P. Ravindra Reddy	Independent
Hindupur	None	G. Somasekhar	Indian National Congress
Madakasira	SC	M. Yellappa	Indian National Congress
Penukonda	None	S. D. Narayana Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kalyandrug	SC	M. Lakshmi Devi	Indian National Congress
Rayadrug	None	J. Thippeswamy	Indian National Congress
Uravakonda	None	Bukkitla Basappa	Independent
Gooty	None	Dudde Kunta Venkatareddy	Independent
Singanmala	None	Tarimela Ranga Reddy	Independent
Anatapur	None	Anantha Venkatareddy	Indian National Congress
Dharamavaram	None	P. V. Chowdary	Indian National Congress
Tadpatri	None	Challa Subbarayudu	Indian National Congress
Alur	SC	P. Rajaratna Rao	Indian National Congress
Adoni	None	H. Sathya Narayana	Indian National Congress
Yemmiganur	None	P. O. Sathyanarayana Raju	Indian National Congress
Kodumur	SC	D. Muniswamy	Indian National Congress
Kurnool	None	Rahiman Khan P.	Indian National Congress
Pattikonda	None	K. B. Narasappa	Indian National Congress
Dhone	None	Seshanna	Indian National Congress
Koilkuntla	None	B. V. Subbareddy	Indian National Congress
Allagahda	None	S. Venkata Subba Reddy	Independent
Panyam	None	Erasu Ayyapu Reddy	Indian National Congress
Nandikotkur	None	Maddru Subba Reddy	Indian National Congress
Nandyal	None	Bojja Venkatareddy	Independent
Achampet	SC	P. Mahendra Nath	Indian National Congress
Nagarkurnool	None	V. N. Goud	Indian National Congress
Kalwakurthi	None	S. Jaipal Reddy	Indian National Congress
Shadnagar	SC	N. V. Jagannadham	Indian National Congress
Jadcherla	None	N. Narasappa	Indian National Congress
Mahbubnagar	None	Ibrahim Ali Ansari	Indian National Congress
Wanakarthi	None	Ayyappa	Indian National Congress
Alampur	None	T. Chanra Sekhara Reddy	Indian National Congress
Kollapur	None	K. Rangadas	Independent
Gadwal	None	Paga Pulla Reddy	Indian National Congress
Amarchinta	None	Sombhopal	Indian National Congress
Makthal	None	Kalyani Ramchander Rao	Indian National Congress
Kodangal	None	Nandaram Venkataiah	Independent
Tandur	None	M. Manik Rao	Indian National Congress
Vicarabad	SC	Tirumalaiah	Independent
Pargi	None	K. Ram Reddy	Indian National Congress
Chevella	None	Kishan Rao	Indian National Congress
Ibrahimpatnam	None	N. Anantha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Musheerabad	None	T. Anjaiah	Indian National Congress
Gagan Mahal	None	Shanta Bai Talpallikar	Indian National Congress
Maharajganj	None	N. Laxmi Narayan	Indian National Congress
Khairatabad	None	Nagam Krishna Rao	Indian National Congress
Asafnagar	None	Syed Rahmat Ali	Indian National Congress
Sitarambagh	None	Shafiur Rahman	Independent
Malakpet	None	B. Sarojini Pulla Reddy	Indian National Congress
Yakutpura	None	Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi	Independent
Charminar	None	Syed Hassan	Independent
Secunderabad	None	L. Narayana	Indian National Congress
Secunderabad Cantt	SC	V. Mankamma	Indian National Congress
Medchal	SC	Sumitra Devi	Indian National Congress
Siddepet	None	Madan Mohan	Indian National Congress
Dommat	None	Ramachandra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Gajwel	SC	Gajwellisaidaiad	Indian National Congress
Narasapur	None	C Jagannath Rao	Indian National Congress
Sangareddy	None	P Ramachandra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Andole	SC	C Rajanarasimha	Indian National Congress
Zahirabad	None	M Baga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Narayankhed	None	Venkat Reddy	Independent
Medak	None	Ramchander Rao Karnam	Independent
Ramayanpet	None	Kondala Reddy	Independent
Balkonda	None	G Rajaram	Indian National Congress
Armoor	None	Tummala Rangareddy	Indian National Congress
Kamareddy	None	Y Sathyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Yellareddy	SC	J Eshwaribai	Sampurna Telangana Praja Samithi
Banswada	None	Sreenivasarao	Indian National Congress
Jukkal	None	Samal Vithal Reddy	Independent
Bodhan	None	Narayan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Nizamabad	None	V Chakradhar Rao	Independent
Mudhole	None	Gaddanna	Indian National Congress
Nirmal	None	P Narsa Reddy	Indian National Congress
Boath	ST	Dev Shah S A	Indian National Congress
Adilabad	None	Masood Ahmed	Indian National Congress
Asifabad	ST	K Bheem Rao	Indian National Congress
Sirpur	None	K V Keshavalu	Indian National Congress
Luxettipet	None	J V Narsingh Rao	Indian National Congress
Chinnur	SC	Kodati Rajammally	Indian National Congress
Manthani	None	P V Narsimha Rao	Indian National Congress
Peddapalli	None	Jinna Malla Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mydaram	SC	G Eswar	Indian National Congress
Huzurabad	None	Vodithela Rajeswar Rao	Indian National Congress
Kamalapur	None	Paripati Janardhan Reddy	Independent
Indurthi	None	Baddam Yella Reddy	Communist Party of India
Nusthulapur	SC	Premlata Devi	Indian National Congress
Karimnagar	None	Juvvadi Chokka Rao	Indian National Congress
Buggaram	None	Joginipalli Damodhar Rao	Independent
Jagtial	None	Velichala Jagapathi Rao	Indian National Congress
Metpalli	None	Chennamneni Sathyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Sirchilla	None	Juvvadi Narsinga Rao	Indian National Congress
Narella	SC	G. Bhoopathy	Independent
Cheriyal	SC	Pambala Katam Lingaiah	Indian National Congress
Jangaon	None	Kasani Narayana	Indian National Congress
Chennur	None	Kundoor Madhusudhan Reddy	Independent
Dornakal	None	N. Ramchandra Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mahabubabad	None	J. Janardhan Reddy	Indian National Congress
Narsampet	None	Maudikayala Omkar	Communist Party of India
Wardhasnnapet	None	T. Purushotham Rao	Independent
Ghanpur	None	T. Hayagriva Chary	Indian National Congress
Warangal	None	P. Uma Reddy	Indian National Congress
Hasanparthy	SC	Routu Narsimha Ramaiah	Indian National Congress
Parkal	None	Pingali Dharma Reddy	Indian National Congress
Mulug	None	Santosh Chakravarthy	Indian National Congress
Bhadrachalam	ST	Matta Ramachandraiah	Indian National Congress
Burgampahad	ST	Kamaram Ramayya	Indian National Congress
Palwancha	None	Chekuri Kasaiah	Indian National Congress
Vemsoor	None	Jacagam Vengala Rao	Indian National Congress
Madhira	None	Diggineri Venkatravamma	Indian National Congress
Palair	SC	Kathula Shanthah	Indian National Congress
Khammam	None	Mohd. Rajjab Ali	Communist Party of India
Yellandu	None	Vanga Subba Rao	Indian National Congress
Tungaturthi	None	Guruganti Venkat Narsaiah	Independent
Suryapet	SC	Yedla Gopaiah	Indian National Congress
Huzurnagar	None	Keasara J. Reddy	Independent
Miryalguda	None	C. K. Reddy Tippana	Indian National Congress
Chalakurthi	None	Nimmala Ramuli	Indian National Congress
Nakrekal	None	Musapota Kamalamm	Indian National Congress
Nalgonda	None	Chakilam Srinivasa Rao	Indian National Congress
Ramannapet	SC	Vaddepalli Kasiram	Indian National Congress
Alair	None	Anreddy Punna Reddy	Indian National Congress
Bhongir	None	Konda Lakshman Bapuji	Indian National Congress
Mungode	None	Govardhan Reddy Palvai	Indian National Congress
Deverkonda	None	Bondipali Ramsarma	Communist Party of India

1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Results

List of Assembly constituencies and winners

References