Constituency

7. Rajahmundry

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-RAJAHMUNDRY

INC 55.1%won by 38.7%IND 16.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 38.7%.

New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 16.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.5% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout rose 70.8% to 70.8%.

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

Electorate

4,50,040

Turnout

70.8%

Valid votes

3,18,487

Margin

1,23,374

38.74%