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Constituency

185. Bhopal

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BHOPAL

INC 36.6%won by 8.5%HMS 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 8.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
5,07,527
Turnout
44.8%
Valid votes
2,27,292
Margin
19,306
8.49%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCHMS swing
−4.3%
INC share
41.2% 36.6%
HMS share
28.4% 28.1%
Turnout
46.0% 44.8%