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Constituency

93. Janjgir

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-JANJGIR

INC 47.7%won by 8.9%JS 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 8.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
22,948
Margin
2,031
8.85%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−55.5%
INC share
64.4% 47.7%
JS share
0.0% 38.8%
Turnout