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Constituency

197. Maghar

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-MAGHAR

INC 40.4%won by 18.7%PSP 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.9% to 18.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.2% between them, down from 69.3% — 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
35,853
Margin
6,687
18.65%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−29.0%
INC share
52.6% 40.4%
PSP share
4.9% 21.8%
Turnout