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Constituency

18. Shahpur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-SHAHPUR

SWA 59.5%won by 19.1%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 19.1%.

  • SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 59.5% of the vote here (+59.5%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — 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
20,009
Margin
3,821
19.10%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SWAflipped
SWAINC swing
+19.1%
SWA share
0.0% 59.5%
INC share
0.0% 40.5%
Turnout