Election
Constituency

113. Outer Delhi

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Delhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-OUTER-DELHI

INC 44.3%won by 10.2%JS 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 10.2%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.4% of the vote between them, up from 52.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 44.0% to 63.4%.

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

Electorate
3,31,600
Turnout
63.4%
Valid votes
2,10,335
Margin
21,553
10.25%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BRAHAM PRAKASHIndian National Congress · INC93,24944.3%
  2. 2TRILOK CHAND SHARMAJS · JS71,69634.1%
  3. 3BALDEV SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI19,1359.1%
  4. 4PRABHU DAYALIndependent · IND12,0225.7%
  5. 5LAKHI RAMIndependent · IND7,9673.8%
  6. 6RAM SINGHHMS · HMS4,4002.1%
  7. 7GANPAT RAMIndependent · IND1,8660.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−16.5%
INC share
26.7% → 44.3%
JS share
0.0% → 34.1%
Turnout
107.4% → 63.4%
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