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Constituency

246. Indore City Central

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

MP-INDORE-CITY-CENTRAL

INC 44.6%won by 16.9%JS 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,893
Margin
6,234
16.90%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−52.8%
INC share
69.7% 44.6%
JS share
0.0% 27.7%
Turnout