Constituency
246. Indore City Central
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
MP-INDORE-CITY-CENTRAL
INC 44.6%won by 16.9%JS 27.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 16.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% 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
36,893
Margin
6,234
16.90%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BABULAL PATODIIndian National Congress · INC16,44644.6%
- 2RAJENDRA NEELKANTHJS · JS10,21227.7%
- 3ARIF BEGIndependent · IND8,99124.4%
- 4MOHANSINGHSOC · SOC6771.8%
- 5KANHAIYALAL DURGASHANKARHMS · HMS4541.2%
- 6VISHWANATH VINAYAK VAISHAMPAYANIndependent · IND1130.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −52.8%
- INC share
- 69.7% → 44.6%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 27.7%
- Turnout
- — → —