Election
Constituency

370. Mathura

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-MATHURA

INC 41.6%won by 5.7%JS 35.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.8% to 5.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 35.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.5% between them, down from 90.5% — 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
52,176
Margin
2,954
5.66%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−49.0%
INC share
54.7% 41.6%
JS share
0.0% 35.9%
Turnout