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2. Parvathipuram

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-PARVATHIPURAM

INC 58.8%won by 17.6%SWA 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 17.6%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 50.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.6% to 53.2%.

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

Electorate
4,20,816
Turnout
53.2%
Valid votes
2,23,878
Margin
39,372
17.59%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−8.1%
INC share
25.6% 58.8%
SWA share
0.0% 41.2%
Turnout
59.8% 53.2%