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Constituency

176. Durg

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-DURG

INC 41.7%won by 13.6%PSP 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 13.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.9% between them, down from 78.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
5,19,964
Turnout
40.8%
Valid votes
2,12,181
Margin
28,868
13.61%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−8.0%
INC share
49.9% 41.7%
PSP share
28.4% 28.1%
Turnout
41.3% 40.8%