Constituency
208. Mercara
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1962
KA-MERCARA
INC 49.1%won by 24.5%SWA 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.1% to 24.5%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.8% between them, down from 90.3% — 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
40,517
Margin
9,945
24.55%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1K. MALLAPPAIndian National Congress · INC19,91449.1%
- 2B. D. APPAIAHSwatantra Party · SWA9,96924.6%
- 3B. N. KUTTAPPACommunist Party of India · CPI8,06219.9%
- 4B. A. GANAPAIAHJS · JS1,8864.7%
- 5K. M. PODUVALPraja Socialist Party · PSP6861.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −27.2%
- INC share
- 51.7% → 49.1%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- — → —