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Constituency

245. Indore City West

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-INDORE-CITY-WEST

INC 47.8%won by 15.6%IND 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,809
Margin
5,735
15.58%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−51.3%
INC share
66.9% 47.8%
IND share
0.0% 32.2%
Turnout