Election
Constituency

58. Hirekerur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-HIREKERUR

INC 64.3%won by 28.5%SWA 35.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.7% to 28.5%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.2% — 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
36,230
Margin
10,338
28.53%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−31.4%
INC share
59.9% 64.3%
SWA share
0.0% 35.7%
Turnout