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Constituency

6. Humnabad

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-HUMNABAD

INC 50.6%won by 1.2%CPI 49.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.5% to 1.2%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 49.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
22,677
Margin
275
1.21%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GOPAL RAO MUDBIIndian National Congress · INC11,47650.6%
  2. 2VISHWANATHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,20149.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−44.3%
INC share
45.5% 50.6%
CPI share
0.0% 49.4%
Turnout