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235. Bombay City South

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BOMBAY-CITY-SOUTH

INC 64.1%won by 41.7%IND 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.5% to 41.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.8% to 56.9%.

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

Electorate
4,23,466
Turnout
56.9%
Valid votes
2,41,028
Margin
1,00,627
41.75%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SADASHIV KANOJI PATILIndian National Congress · INC1,54,57064.1%
  2. 2LALJI MORESHWAR PENDSEIndependent · IND53,94322.4%
  3. 3RAMDAS VISHNU KALASKARJS · JS17,3547.2%
  4. 4MANZOOR HUSAIN MOHAMMAD HUSAIN BAHADURIIndependent · IND9,2703.8%
  5. 5DATTATRAYA GANGADHAR VELANKARRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP4,0051.7%
  6. 6KRISHNARO RAGHAVENDRARAO BENGERIIndependent · IND1,8860.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−18.1%
INC share
62.1% → 64.1%
IND share
2.3% → 22.4%
Turnout
63.7% → 56.9%
234. Nagercoil236. Bombay City Central South
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