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187. Ujjain

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Madhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-UJJAIN

INC 39.0%won by 13.2%IND 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−48.3%
INC share
61.4% 39.0%
IND share
0.0% 25.8%
Turnout
44.1% 49.2%