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Constituency

92. Akaltara

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-AKALTARA

INC 44.5%won by 24.4%JS 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.0% to 24.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.7% between them, down from 73.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
23,605
Margin
5,751
24.36%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−35.1%
INC share
59.4% 44.5%
JS share
0.0% 20.2%
Turnout