Constituency
245. Indore City West
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
MP-INDORE-CITY-WEST
INC 47.8%won by 15.6%IND 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.4% to 15.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.0% between them, down from 90.4% — 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
36,809
Margin
5,735
15.58%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MISHRILAL GANGWALIndian National Congress · INC17,59847.8%
- 2PURSHOTTAM VIJAYIndependent · IND11,86332.2%
- 3KALYANMALIndependent · IND6,74418.3%
- 4BASANTSINGH RAMSINGHHMS · HMS6041.6%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −51.3%
- INC share
- 66.9% → 47.8%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- — → —