Constituency
264. Amravati
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-AMRAVATI
INC 52.8%won by 18.0%REP 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.8% to 18.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerREP (REP) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.7% of the vote between them, up from 72.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 70.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,75,329
Turnout
70.5%
Valid votes
3,35,155
Margin
60,372
18.01%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1PANJABRAO SHAMRAO DESHMUKHIndian National Congress · INC1,77,10952.8%
- 2RAMKRISHNA SURYABHAN GAWAIREP · REP1,16,73734.8%
- 3HABIB KHAN MEHABOOBKHANIndependent · IND22,8016.8%
- 4GAJANAN SHANKARJS · JS14,4444.3%
- 5BHAGWAN MANSARAM WAGHMAREIndependent · IND4,0641.2%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–REP swing
- −44.2%
- INC share
- 62.3% → 52.8%
- REP share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 63.0% → 70.5%