Constituency
121. Banaskantha
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-BANASKANTHA
INC 57.2%won by 27.1%SWA 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.8% to 27.1%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.5% to 45.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,41,054
Turnout
45.9%
Valid votes
2,02,556
Margin
54,956
27.13%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1JOHARABEN AKABARBHAI CHAVADAIndian National Congress · INC1,15,93157.2%
- 2KANHAIYALAL BHABHUTBHAI MEHTASwatantra Party · SWA60,97530.1%
- 3MOTISINH BAHADURSINH THAKOREJS · JS13,3646.6%
- 4MAGANLAL HIRJI VYASHMS · HMS12,2866.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −27.3%
- INC share
- 54.4% → 57.2%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- 35.4% → 45.9%