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Constituency

341. Bhojpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-BHOJPUR

INC 27.0%won by 10.8%CPI 16.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 10.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 16.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.3% between them, down from 51.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
40,230
Margin
4,328
10.76%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−23.3%
INC share
34.0% 27.0%
CPI share
0.0% 16.3%
Turnout