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283. Phulpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-PHULPUR

INC 54.1%won by 36.0%JS 18.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 36.0%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 18.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.3% of the vote between them, up from 59.0% — 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
39,839
Margin
14,328
35.96%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MUZAFFAR HASANIndian National Congress · INC21,56054.1%
  2. 2AMAR SINGHJS · JS7,23218.2%
  3. 3BHUWAR JIIndependent · IND4,81612.1%
  4. 4SHRI NATHIndependent · IND3,2598.2%
  5. 5MOHD. MEHDISOC · SOC1,6284.1%
  6. 6AMBIKA PRASAD MISRACommunist Party of India · CPI1,3443.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
+5.6%
INC share
30.3% → 54.1%
JS share
0.0% → 18.2%
Turnout
— → —
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