1971 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

Indian general election in United Andhra Pradesh, 1971

November 1971
41 seats
First party Second party   Leader P. V. Narasimha Rao Marri Chenna Reddy Party INC TPS Alliance Congress alliance Nonpartisan Leader's seat None None Last election 35 new party Seats won 28 10 Seat change 7 10 Popular vote 7,286,069 1,873,589 Percentage 55.73% 14.33% Swing 8.91% 14.33%
United Andhra Pradesh

The 1971 Indian general election polls in United Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 28 out of 42 seats. This election also saw introduction of Telangana Praja Samithi which won 10 out of the 14 seats it contested, mostly in the Telangana region.

Voting and results

Results by alliance

INC	SEATS	TPS	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	28	TPS	10	CPI(M)	1
				CPI	1
				IND	1
TOTAL	28		10		3

Members elected

Constituency	Member	Party
Adilabad	Poddutoori Ganga Reddy	Indian National Congress
Amalapuram (SC)	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy	Indian National Congress
Anakapalli	S.R.A.S. Appalanaidu	Indian National Congress (I)
Anantapur (SC)	Ponnapati Antony Reddi	Indian National Congress
Bapatla	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Bhadrachalam (ST)	B. Radhabai Ananda Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Bobbili	K. Narayana Rao	Indian National Congress
	Pusapati Vijayram Gajapati Raju	Indian National Congress (I)
Chittoor	P. Narasimha Reddy	Indian National Congress
Cuddapah	Yeddula Eswara Reddy	Communist Party of India
Eluru	Kommareddi Suryanarayana	Indian National Congress
Guntur	Kotha Raghuramaiah	Indian National Congress
Hindupur	Pamudurthi Bayapa Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)
Hyderabad	Dr. Gopal S. Melkote	Telangana Praja Samithi
Kakinada	M.S. Sanjeevi Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Karimnagar	M. Satyanarayan Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Khammam	T. Lakshmi Kantamma	Indian National Congress
Kurnool	K. Kodanda Rami Reddy	Indian National Congress
Machilipatnam	Maganti Ankineedu	Indian National Congress (I)
Mahbubnagar (ST)	Dr. Mallikarjun	Indian National Congress
	Janumpally Rameshwar Rao	Indian National Congress
Medak	Indira Gandhi	Indian National Congress (I)
Miryalguda	Bhim Narasimha Reddy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nagarkurnool (SC)	M. Bheeshma Dev	Indian National Congress
	V. Tulsi Ram	Telugu Desam Party
Nalgonda	Kancherla Ramkrishna Reddy	Telangana Praja Samithi
Nandyal	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah	Indian National Congress (I)
Narasapur (SC)	M.T. Raju	Indian National Congress
Narasaraopet	Maddi Sudarsanam	Indian National Congress
Nellore (SC)	Doddavarapu Kamakshaiah	Indian National Congress (I)
Nizamabad	M. Ram Gopal Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)
Ongole	Puli Venkata Reddy	Indian National Congress (I)
Parvathipuram (ST)	Biddika Satyanarayana	Indian National Congress
Peddapalli (SC)	G. Venkatswamy	Indian National Congress
Rajahmundry (ST)	S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Rajampet	Pothuraju Parthasarthy	Indian National Congress (I)
Secunderabad	M.M. Hashim	Indian National Congress
Srikakulam	Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Tenali	Meduri Nageswara Rao	Indian National Congress (I)
Tirupathi (SC)	Thamburu Balakrishniah	Indian National Congress
Vijayawada	Dr. K.L. Rao	Indian National Congress
Warangal	S.B. Giri	Indian National Congress

See also

• Elections in Andhra Pradesh

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History