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137. Mandi

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Himachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MANDI

INC 63.6%won by 35.6%SWA 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−27.9%
INC share
63.5% 63.6%
SWA share
0.0% 27.9%
Turnout
50.3% 79.2%