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228. Ramanathapuram

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-RAMANATHAPURAM

INC 41.1%won by 8.7%SWA 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 8.7%.

  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 17.5% to 68.3%.

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

Electorate
5,17,361
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
3,53,453
Margin
30,883
8.74%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1N. ARUNACHALAMIndian National Congress · INC1,45,39641.1%
  2. 2SALIVATEESWARANSwatantra Party · SWA1,14,51332.4%
  3. 3MANGALASAMYCommunist Party of India · CPI75,08921.2%
  4. 4RAMAN CHETTYIndependent · IND10,3762.9%
  5. 5R. K. RAMAKRISHNANIndependent · IND8,0792.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SWA swing
−28.9%
INC share
37.6% → 41.1%
SWA share
0.0% → 32.4%
Turnout
50.9% → 68.3%
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