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18. Markapur

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MARKAPUR

CPI 49.0%won by 9.0%INC 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 9.0%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 42.4% to 49.0% of the vote here (+6.6%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.1% between them, down from 95.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 24.3% to 63.1%.

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

Electorate
4,74,652
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
2,99,620
Margin
26,827
8.95%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+20.0%
CPI share
42.4% 49.0%
INC share
53.5% 40.1%
Turnout
38.8% 63.1%