Constituency
163. Khajuraho
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-KHAJURAHO
INC 46.4%won by 8.6%JS 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 8.6%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 50.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 28.3% to 41.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,69,766
Turnout
41.2%
Valid votes
1,93,432
Margin
16,630
8.60%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAM SAHAIIndian National Congress · INC89,72246.4%
- 2R. D. MISHRAJS · JS73,09237.8%
- 3RAS BEHARI GOSWAMIPraja Socialist Party · PSP23,43512.1%
- 4MADAN MOHAN LALSOC · SOC7,1833.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −18.4%
- INC share
- 27.0% → 46.4%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 69.4% → 41.2%