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55. Kumta

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-KUMTA

INC 50.5%won by 10.7%PSP 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.7% to 10.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.2% of the vote between them, up from 75.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
28,180
Margin
3,028
10.75%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1VASANTLATA V. MIRJANKARIndian National Congress · INC14,22550.5%
  2. 2NARAYAN KESHAV PAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,19739.7%
  3. 3NARASINH GOVIND SHANBHAGJS · JS1,5305.4%
  4. 4VENKTAPPA NAIKIndependent · IND6242.2%
  5. 5SEETARAM NAGAPPA SHANBHAGIndependent · IND6042.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
−6.0%
INC share
46.0% → 50.5%
PSP share
29.3% → 39.7%
Turnout
— → —
54. Ankola56. Honawar
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