Constituency
34. Medak
Community mirrorAndhra Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MEDAK
INC 45.2%won by 9.8%IND 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.6% to 9.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — 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 80.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 47.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,14,481
Turnout
47.0%
Valid votes
1,94,870
Margin
19,132
9.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1P. HANUMANTHA RAOIndian National Congress · INC88,09845.2%
- 2MOLGU JAGANNATHREDDYIndependent · IND68,96635.4%
- 3L. NARAHARI GOUDSwatantra Party · SWA37,80619.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −46.5%
- INC share
- 56.3% → 45.2%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 49.9% → 47.0%