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Constituency

32. Secunderabad

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Andhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SECUNDERABAD

INC 48.2%won by 12.8%IND 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.4% to 12.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 50.5%.

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

Electorate
3,80,287
Turnout
50.5%
Valid votes
1,91,970
Margin
24,570
12.80%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−53.9%
INC share
66.7% 48.2%
IND share
0.0% 35.4%
Turnout
43.1% 50.5%