Constituency
98. Chitradurga
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-CHITRADURGA
INC 56.7%won by 13.3%PSP 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 13.3%.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 43.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 58.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
35,112
Margin
4,682
13.33%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1H. C. BORAIAHIndian National Congress · INC19,89756.7%
- 2M. GANGADHARAIAHPraja Socialist Party · PSP15,21543.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–PSP swing
- −19.2%
- INC share
- 32.5% → 56.7%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → —