Election
Constituency

159. Suratgarh

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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 1962

RJ-SURATGARH

INC 49.0%won by 0.3%IND 48.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 0.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 148 votes (0.34%) — among the closest results anywhere.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,856
Margin
148
0.34%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANPHOOL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,49749.0%
  2. 2MAN SINGHIndependent · IND21,34948.7%
  3. 3HEERA LALIndependent · IND1,0102.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−21.2%
INC share
57.4% 49.0%
IND share
35.8% 48.7%
Turnout