1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh explained

Election Name:1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1957
Previous Year:1957
Next Election:Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1967
Next Year:1967
Election Date:November 1962
Seats For Election:43 seats
Image1:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg
Leader1:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:None
Last Election2:2
Last Election1:37
Seats1:34
Seat Change1:3
Popular Vote1:5,711,263
Percentage1:47.96%
Leader2:Puchalapalli Sundarayya
Leaders Seat2:None
Party2:Communist Party of India
Seats2:7
Seat Change2:5
Popular Vote2:2,505,619
Percentage2:21.04%
Map Size:200px
Before Election:Indian National Congress
After Party:Indian National Congress

The 1962 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh were held for 43 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 34 out of 43 seats.[1]

Voting and Results

Results by Alliance

INCSEATSCPISEATSOTHERSSEATS
INC34CPI7SWA1
IND1
TOTAL (1962)34TOTAL (1962)7TOTAL (1962)2
TOTAL (1957)n/aTOTAL (1957)n/aTOTAL (1957)n/a

Members elected

S.No.ConstituencyMemberPartyRegion
1AdilabadG. Narayan ReddyIndian National CongressTelangana
2Amalapuram (SC)Bayya Suryanarayana MurthyIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
3AnakapalliMissula Suryanarayana MurtiIndian National Congress
4Anantapur (SC)Osman Ali S. KhanIndian National CongressRayalaseema
5CheepurupalliRavu Venkata Gopala Krishna Ranga RaoIndian National CongressTelangana
6ChittoorM. A. AyyangarIndian National CongressRayalaseema
7CuddapahYeddula Eswara ReddyCommunist Party of India
8EluruViramachaneni Vimla DeviCommunist Party of IndiaKosta Andhra
9GunturKotha RaghuramaiahIndian National Congress
10HindupurK.V. Ramakrishna ReddyIndian National CongressRayalaseema
11HyderabadDr. Gopal S. MelkoteTelangana Praja SamithiTelangana
12KakinadaMosalikanti Thirumala RaoIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
13KarimnagarJuvvadi Ramapathy RaoIndian National CongressTelangana
14KavaliBezwada Gopala ReddiIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
15KhammamT. Lakshmi KantammaIndian National CongressTelangana
16KurnoolYashoda ReddyIndian National CongressRayalaseema
17MahabubabadEtikala Madhusudan RaoIndian National CongressTelangana
18Mahbubnagar (ST)Janumpally Rameshwar RaoIndian National CongressTelangana
19Markapur (SC)Gujjulu Yallamanda ReddyCommunist Party of IndiaKosta Andhra
20MasulipatnamMandala Venkata SwamyIndependent
21MedakP. Hanmanth RaoIndian National CongressTelangana
22Sangam Laxmi BaiIndian National Congress
23MiryalgudaLaxmi DasCommunist Party of India
24Nagarkurnool (SC)J.B. Muthyal RaoIndian National CongressTelangana
25NalgondaRavi Narayana ReddyCommunist Party of IndiaTelangana
26NandyalPendekanti VenkatasubbaiahIndian National CongressRayalaseema
27Narasapur (SC)Dalta BalaramarajuIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
28Narasipatnam (ST)Matcharasa MatcharajuIndian National Congress
29Nellore (SC)B. AnjanappaIndian National Congress
30NizamabadHarish Chandra HedaIndian National CongressTelangana
31OngoleMadala Narayana SwamyCommunist Party of IndiaKosta Andhra
32Parvathipuram (ST)Biddika SatanarayanaIndian National Congress
33Peddapalli (SC)M. R. KrishnaIndian National CongressTelangana
34Rajahmundry (ST)Dr. Dalta Satyanarayana RajuIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
35RajampetC.L. Narasimha ReddySwatantra PartyRayalaseema
36SecunderabadAhmed MohiuddinIndian National CongressTelangana
37Bakar Ali MirzaIndian National Congress
38SrikakulamBoddepalli Rajagopala RaoIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
39TenaliKolla VenkaiahCommunist Party of India
40Tirupathi (SC)C. DassIndian National CongressRayalaseema
41VijayawadaDr. K.L. RaoIndian National CongressKosta Andhra
42VisakhapatnamMaharajkumar of VizianagramIndian National Congress
43WarangalSurendra ReddyIndian National CongressTelangana

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Election Results. Election Commission of India. en-IN. 2019-05-20.