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88. Hardoi

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-HARDOI

INC 32.1%won by 12.0%JS 20.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 12.0%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 20.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
42,103
Margin
5,058
12.01%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAHESH SINGHIndian National Congress · INC13,51032.1%
  2. 2MEHESHWAR BUX SINGHJS · JS8,45220.1%
  3. 3DHARAM GAJ SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,70615.9%
  4. 4BHOLACommunist Party of India · CPI5,60513.3%
  5. 5KEDAR NATHSwatantra Party · SWA3,1257.4%
  6. 6DEO SHARMAIndependent · IND1,6053.8%
  7. 7BRAJ RAJ KUMARISOC · SOC1,1992.8%
  8. 8BENIIndependent · IND1,1772.8%
  9. 9DEOKI NANDANHMS · HMS7241.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−14.5%
INC share
26.6% → 32.1%
JS share
0.0% → 20.1%
Turnout
— → —
87. Bilgram89. Gopamau
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