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412. Shikarpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-SHIKARPUR

INC 43.0%won by 22.5%JS 20.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 22.5%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 20.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.6% of the vote between them, up from 55.4% — 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
47,291
Margin
10,618
22.45%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUGAN CHANDIndian National Congress · INC20,35043.0%
  2. 2RAM SINGHJS · JS9,73220.6%
  3. 3YUSUFPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,78212.2%
  4. 4AJAB SINGHIndependent · IND5,74012.1%
  5. 5MOHAMMAD ALIIndependent · IND3,2676.9%
  6. 6GIRIRAJ SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA2,4205.1%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−6.1%
INC share
28.5% → 43.0%
JS share
0.0% → 20.6%
Turnout
— → —
411. Budhana413. Jansath
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