Constituency
217. Salempur South
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
UP-SALEMPUR-SOUTH
PSP 41.7%won by 6.9%INC 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 6.9%.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 10.9% to 41.7% of the vote here (+30.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.4% of the vote between them, up from 60.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
46,980
Margin
3,240
6.90%
Candidates
7 contested · winner PSP- 1RAJA AWADHESH PRATAPPraja Socialist Party · PSP19,57241.7%
- 2RAJBANSHIIndian National Congress · INC16,33234.8%
- 3BRIJ KISHORECommunist Party of India · CPI4,3589.3%
- 4NOORJAHANSOC · SOC2,2364.8%
- 5BADRINARAINSwatantra Party · SWA1,6703.6%
- 6RAJMANGAL MISRAIndependent · IND1,4143.0%
- 7SAHDEOIndependent · IND1,3983.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +26.6%
- PSP share
- 10.9% → 41.7%
- INC share
- 30.7% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —