Constituency
129. Panchmahals
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-PANCHMAHALS
INC 45.0%won by 8.6%SWA 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.4% to 8.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
4,08,271
Turnout
46.5%
Valid votes
1,89,726
Margin
16,233
8.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DAHYABHAI JIVANJI NAIKIndian National Congress · INC85,38045.0%
- 2PRATAPSINH HIRABHAI PATELSwatantra Party · SWA69,14736.4%
- 3AMUL MAGANLAL DESAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP27,22614.4%
- 4CHATURBHAI SOMABHAI PATELHMS · HMS7,9734.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −44.6%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 45.0%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- 45.8% → 46.5%