Constituency
179. Jabalpur
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-JABALPUR
INC 53.7%won by 28.5%JS 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 28.3% to 28.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.9% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 49.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,96,079
Turnout
49.5%
Valid votes
1,95,895
Margin
55,782
28.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GOVIND DASIndian National Congress · INC1,05,18553.7%
- 2JAGANNATH PRASAD DWIVEDIJS · JS49,40325.2%
- 3KRISHNA CHANDARA RAJSOC · SOC21,97311.2%
- 4MAHADEO PRASADIndependent · IND9,7165.0%
- 5SHAMBHOO PRASADRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP9,6184.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −30.3%
- INC share
- 58.8% → 53.7%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- 43.1% → 49.5%