Constituency
22. Karera
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
MP-KARERA
INC 53.2%won by 26.7%IND 26.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 26.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
20,135
Margin
5,371
26.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GAUTAM SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC10,71253.2%
- 2UDAI KISHOREIndependent · IND5,34126.5%
- 3VISHWANATH SHARMAHMS · HMS1,8529.2%
- 4SHAMBU DAYALSwatantra Party · SWA1,2206.1%
- 5CHUKHHI RAMSOC · SOC1,0105.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −37.1%
- INC share
- 63.8% → 53.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- Turnout
- — → —