Constituency
159. Gwalior
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-GWALIOR
INC 75.9%won by 65.2%JS 10.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.7% to 65.2%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 10.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.6% of the vote between them, up from 36.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 25.9% to 52.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,31,098
Turnout
52.9%
Valid votes
2,28,154
Margin
1,48,820
65.23%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1VIJAYA RAJE SCINDIAIndian National Congress · INC1,73,17175.9%
- 2MANIK CHANDRAJS · JS24,35110.7%
- 3NARSINGHHMS · HMS20,8259.1%
- 4SUKHOSOC · SOC9,8074.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- +44.1%
- INC share
- 21.1% → 75.9%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 10.7%
- Turnout
- 78.8% → 52.9%