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199. Vellore

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-VELLORE

INC 41.0%won by 8.6%REP 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 8.6%.

  • New challengerREP (REP) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.5% of the vote between them, up from 36.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 29.2% to 64.5%.

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

Electorate
4,34,404
Turnout
64.5%
Valid votes
2,79,968
Margin
23,966
8.56%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ABDULL WAHIDIndian National Congress · INC1,14,87241.0%
  2. 2N. SIVARAJREP · REP90,90632.5%
  3. 3RAJARATHINAMCommunist Party of India · CPI47,18616.9%
  4. 4T. R. PURUSHOTAMA REDDIARIndependent · IND6,6322.4%
  5. 5VILWANATHA MUDALIARIndependent · IND5,7212.0%
  6. 6GANESA MUDALIARPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,1101.8%
  7. 7G. M. ANNALTHANGOIndependent · IND4,8711.7%
  8. 8MOHAMED PASHAIndependent · IND3,5061.3%
  9. 9RANGASAMI NAIDUIndependent · IND1,1640.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–REP swing
−10.7%
INC share
19.2% → 41.0%
REP share
0.0% → 32.5%
Turnout
93.6% → 64.5%
198. Tiruvallur200. Wandiwash
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