Constituency
426. Jwalapur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
UP-JWALAPUR
INC 38.9%won by 14.2%JS 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.2% to 14.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 91.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
52,034
Margin
7,381
14.18%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SAYEED AHMADIndian National Congress · INC20,21738.9%
- 2KAVIRAJ YOGENDRA PALJS · JS12,83624.7%
- 3KAZI ABDUL WALISwatantra Party · SWA10,50820.2%
- 4GAJENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND4,9529.5%
- 5BRAHMA NANDSOC · SOC1,9403.7%
- 6GHANSHIAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,5813.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −48.3%
- INC share
- 62.5% → 38.9%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —