Constituency
109. New Delhi
Community mirrorDelhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-NEW-DELHI
INC 56.7%won by 18.6%JS 38.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.8% to 18.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.3% to 63.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,68,661
Turnout
63.2%
Valid votes
1,69,912
Margin
31,595
18.59%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1MEHR CHAND KHANNAIndian National Congress · INC96,26456.7%
- 2BALRAJ MADHOKJS · JS64,66938.1%
- 3LANKA SUNDARAMIndependent · IND3,7862.2%
- 4PARKASH BAGHIIndependent · IND2,1971.3%
- 5TIRATH DASSPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,0480.6%
- 6ANANT SINGHIndependent · IND6880.4%
- 7RAM CHANDERIndependent · IND5340.3%
- 8BALWANT RAI MEHTAIndependent · IND4650.3%
- 9UTTAM SINGH ARORAIndependent · IND2610.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −55.1%
- INC share
- 73.7% → 56.7%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 38.1%
- Turnout
- 53.9% → 63.2%