Constituency
187. Ujjain
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-UJJAIN
INC 39.0%won by 13.2%IND 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.8% to 13.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 83.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.1% to 49.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,43,172
Turnout
49.2%
Valid votes
2,17,950
Margin
28,671
13.15%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RADHELAL VYASIndian National Congress · INC84,97639.0%
- 2MAHENDRA BHATNAGARIndependent · IND56,30525.8%
- 3NANDKISHORE PURUSHOTTAMJS · JS35,66216.4%
- 4SANTILALSOC · SOC27,77712.7%
- 5PALANJI NASERWANJI MEHTASwatantra Party · SWA7,2313.3%
- 6DIWAKAR DESHPANDEHMS · HMS5,9992.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −48.3%
- INC share
- 61.4% → 39.0%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- 44.1% → 49.2%