1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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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%
Majority party Minority party   Leader P. V. Narasimha Rao Baddam Yella Reddy Party INC(R) CPI Leader since 1972 1972 Leader's seat Manthani (won) Indurthi (won) Last election 165 seats, 45.42% 11 seats, 7.78% Seats won 219 7 Seat change 54 4 Popular vote 7,474,255 854,742 Percentage 52.29% 5.98% Swing 6.87% 1.80%
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.