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Constituency

83. Koppal

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-KOPPAL

INC 50.8%won by 1.6%LSS 49.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 1.6%.

  • New challengerLSS (LSS) finished second with 49.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.6% — 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
21,056
Margin
346
1.64%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCLSS swing
−46.9%
INC share
48.6% 50.8%
LSS share
0.0% 49.2%
Turnout