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Constituency

234. Nagercoil

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Madras · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-NAGERCOIL

INC 56.4%won by 27.1%IND 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.6% to 27.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 15.0% to 64.7%.

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

Electorate
4,30,947
Turnout
64.7%
Valid votes
2,78,896
Margin
75,621
27.11%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−24.4%
INC share
75.8% 56.4%
IND share
24.2% 29.3%
Turnout
49.7% 64.7%