Constituency
137. Mandi
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MANDI
INC 63.6%won by 35.6%SWA 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.9% to 35.6%.
- New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 28.9% to 79.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
93,127
Turnout
79.2%
Valid votes
73,714
Margin
26,256
35.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1LALIT SENIndian National Congress · INC46,85663.6%
- 2AMBIKA KUMARISwatantra Party · SWA20,60027.9%
- 3TEJ SINGHIndependent · IND3,5164.8%
- 4KULDIP SINGHJS · JS2,7423.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −27.9%
- INC share
- 63.5% → 63.6%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- 50.3% → 79.2%