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Constituency

197. Mysore

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-MYSORE

INC 56.1%won by 33.6%PSP 22.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.7% to 33.6%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
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not in source
Valid votes
31,973
Margin
10,755
33.64%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K. PUTTASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC17,94656.1%
  2. 2T. V. SRINIVASA RAOPraja Socialist Party · PSP7,19122.5%
  3. 3H. D. SHIVALINGE GOWDAIndependent · IND3,43310.7%
  4. 4M. CHIKATHAMMIAHCommunist Party of India · CPI3,40310.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
+6.0%
INC share
54.2% → 56.1%
PSP share
26.6% → 22.5%
Turnout
— → —
196. Mysore City North198. Nanjangud
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