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Constituency

133. Mandvi

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Gujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MANDVI

INC 52.2%won by 23.7%SWA 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.9% to 23.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.8% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 56.1%.

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

Electorate
4,62,461
Turnout
56.1%
Valid votes
2,59,693
Margin
61,531
23.69%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−43.7%
INC share
67.4% 52.2%
SWA share
0.0% 28.5%
Turnout
58.8% 56.1%