Election
Constituency

23. Dhampur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-DHAMPUR

INC 36.6%won by 14.8%SOC 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 14.8%.

  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 58.4% of the vote between them, up from 48.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
51,478
Margin
7,594
14.75%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KHUB SINGHIndian National Congress · INC18,82436.6%
  2. 2AMIRI SINGHSOC · SOC11,23021.8%
  3. 3UDEY RAJ SINGHIndependent · IND10,38620.2%
  4. 4GANGA DEVIIndependent · IND6,32212.3%
  5. 5MAHENDRA SINGHJS · JS2,6345.1%
  6. 6MOHD. YASINIndependent · IND1,2812.5%
  7. 7NATHOO SINGHIndependent · IND8011.6%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOC swing
−9.7%
INC share
24.4% → 36.6%
SOC share
0.0% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
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