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Constituency

13. Chittapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-CHITTAPUR

INC 53.0%won by 24.1%SWA 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 24.1%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.9% of the vote between them, up from 71.5% — 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
21,310
Margin
5,129
24.07%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−15.6%
INC share
39.7% 53.0%
SWA share
0.0% 28.9%
Turnout