Constituency

136. Chamba

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-CHAMBA

INC 63.5%won by 43.0%SWA 20.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.0% to 43.0%.

New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 20.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout rose 30.8% to 62.5%.

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

Electorate

81,428

Turnout

62.5%

Valid votes

50,927

Margin

21,875

42.95%