EElectionLens
Constituency

129. Panchmahals

Community mirror

Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-PANCHMAHALS

INC 45.0%won by 8.6%SWA 36.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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.

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

Electorate
4,08,271
Turnout
46.5%
Valid votes
1,89,726
Margin
16,233
8.56%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−44.6%
INC share
53.2% 45.0%
SWA share
0.0% 36.4%
Turnout
45.8% 46.5%