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129. Belur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-BELUR

INC 60.7%won by 45.3%JS 15.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 45.3%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 15.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.1% of the vote between them, up from 60.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
17,796
Margin
8,067
45.33%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1B. H. LAKSHMANAIAHIndian National Congress · INC10,80160.7%
  2. 2RANGA BOYIJS · JS2,73415.4%
  3. 3KALASAIAHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,41513.6%
  4. 4MANJAIAH SETTYIndependent · IND9785.5%
  5. 5B. HANUMANTHIAHSwatantra Party · SWA8684.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
+14.9%
INC share
30.4% → 60.7%
JS share
0.0% → 15.4%
Turnout
— → —
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