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163. Chamarajpet

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-CHAMARAJPET

INC 53.3%won by 18.0%SWA 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.2% to 18.0%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 35.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
22,340
Margin
4,015
17.97%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1R. DAYANANDA SAGARIndian National Congress · INC11,89753.3%
  2. 2M. RANGAIAH NAIDUSwatantra Party · SWA7,88235.3%
  3. 3M .S. RAMA RAOCommunist Party of India · CPI1,5617.0%
  4. 4S. SRIRAMJS · JS1,0004.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−31.5%
INC share
49.5% → 53.3%
SWA share
0.0% → 35.3%
Turnout
— → —
162. Chickpet164. Basavanagudi
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