Constituency
167. Broadway
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-BROADWAY
INC 27.9%won by 6.8%IND 21.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.0% to 6.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.9% between them, down from 90.6% — the field split more ways.
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
22,406
Margin
1,525
6.81%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1H. R. ABDUL GAFFARIndian National Congress · INC6,24327.9%
- 2H. SYED AHAMEDIndependent · IND4,71821.1%
- 3N. NEELAVENISwatantra Party · SWA3,48915.6%
- 4D. PONNURANGAMIndependent · IND2,86212.8%
- 5S. HAMEED SHAHPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,52911.3%
- 6S. V. PATHYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,26510.1%
- 7N. R. MURTHYIndependent · IND3001.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −5.2%
- INC share
- 51.3% → 27.9%
- IND share
- 39.3% → 21.1%
- Turnout
- — → —