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Constituency

124. Patan

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-PATAN

INC 57.8%won by 31.3%SWA 26.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 31.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.7% to 57.8% of the vote here (+17.1%).
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 55.8%.

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

Electorate
3,89,956
Turnout
55.8%
Valid votes
2,17,521
Margin
68,013
31.27%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSWA swing
−9.4%
INC share
40.7% 57.8%
SWA share
0.0% 26.6%
Turnout
58.9% 55.8%