Constituency

263. Akola

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Maharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-AKOLA

INC 47.4%won by 16.5%IND 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 16.5%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.2% of the vote between them, up from 54.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 61.3% to 63.4%.

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

Electorate

4,50,141

Turnout

63.4%

Valid votes

2,85,518

Margin

47,169

16.52%