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Constituency

263. Varanasi City South

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-VARANASI-CITY-SOUTH

INC 39.3%won by 8.0%CPI 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.4% to 8.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 93.1% — 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
51,459
Margin
4,094
7.96%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−17.4%
INC share
59.3% 39.3%
CPI share
33.9% 31.4%
Turnout