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121. Banaskantha

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BANASKANTHA

INC 57.2%won by 27.1%SWA 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−27.3%
INC share
54.4% 57.2%
SWA share
0.0% 30.1%
Turnout
35.4% 45.9%