Constituency
138. Mahasu
Community mirrorHimachal Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MAHASU
INC 76.9%won by 53.7%IND 23.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 53.7%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 42.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 28.2% to 39.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,60,883
Turnout
39.6%
Valid votes
63,768
Margin
34,254
53.72%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1VIRBHADRA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC49,01176.9%
- 2JAI BIHARI LALIndependent · IND14,75723.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +39.7%
- INC share
- 21.9% → 76.9%
- IND share
- 7.9% → 23.1%
- Turnout
- 67.9% → 39.6%