Constituency
247. Kolhapur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-KOLHAPUR
INC 61.9%won by 27.2%PWP 34.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: SCF (SCF) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 27.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 14.6% to 61.9% of the vote here (+47.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 57.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 60.7% to 59.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,91,727
Turnout
59.7%
Valid votes
2,33,917
Margin
63,669
27.22%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1VISHWANATH TUKARAM PATILIndian National Congress · INC1,44,85661.9%
- 2BHAUSAHEB RAOSAHEB MAHAGAONKARPWP · PWP81,18734.7%
- 3LALSAHEB MADHAVRAO CHAVANIndependent · IND7,8743.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- SCF
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PWP swing
- +39.2%
- INC share
- 14.6% → 61.9%
- PWP share
- 26.6% → 34.7%
- Turnout
- 120.4% → 59.7%