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194. Madras North

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MADRAS-NORTH

INC 37.7%won by 2.7%ML 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.1% to 37.7% of the vote here (−5.4%).
  • New challengerML (ML) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 91.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 32.3% to 71.6%.

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

Electorate
4,52,645
Turnout
71.6%
Valid votes
3,24,285
Margin
8,849
2.73%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCML swing
−40.3%
INC share
43.1% 37.7%
ML share
0.0% 34.9%
Turnout
39.3% 71.6%