Constituency
134. Surat
Community mirrorGujarat · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SURAT
INC 68.7%won by 41.2%IND 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 66.0% to 41.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 57.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,17,377
Turnout
57.6%
Valid votes
2,40,559
Margin
99,031
41.17%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAIIndian National Congress · INC1,65,22568.7%
- 2JASWANTSINH DANSINH CHAUHANIndependent · IND66,19427.5%
- 3MANGALSEN BODHRAJ CHOPARAJS · JS6,5592.7%
- 4RAMPYARE SHIVRATAN SHARMASOC · SOC2,5811.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −24.8%
- INC share
- 83.0% → 68.7%
- IND share
- 17.0% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- 61.3% → 57.6%