Constituency
178. Mandla
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MANDLA
INC 41.6%won by 18.1%RRP 23.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 18.1%.
- New challengerRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party (RRP) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.1% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 27.9% to 27.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,11,583
Turnout
27.9%
Valid votes
1,14,763
Margin
20,827
18.15%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MANGRU GANU UIKEIndian National Congress · INC47,78941.6%
- 2GANGARAMRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP26,96223.5%
- 3DHOUKALSINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP26,16122.8%
- 4GOUKALSINGHIndependent · IND13,85112.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–RRP swing
- +18.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.6%
- RRP share
- 0.0% → 23.5%
- Turnout
- 0.0% → 27.9%