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122. Sabarkantha

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SABARKANTHA

INC 51.3%won by 9.8%SWA 41.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 9.8%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 41.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.1% to 60.4%.

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

Electorate
4,17,575
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
2,52,158
Margin
24,609
9.76%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−42.4%
INC share
52.2% 51.3%
SWA share
0.0% 41.6%
Turnout
50.3% 60.4%