Constituency
279. Inner Manipur
Community mirrorManipur · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-INNER-MANIPUR
INC 31.9%won by 8.5%SOC 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.5%.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 60.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.6% to 68.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,12,925
Turnout
68.2%
Valid votes
1,45,297
Margin
12,316
8.48%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SALAM TOMBI SINGHIndian National Congress · INC46,28131.9%
- 2LAISRAM ACHAW SINGHSOC · SOC33,96523.4%
- 3MOIRANGTHEM MEGHACHANDRA SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI21,50314.8%
- 4NONGTHOMBAM IBOMCHA SINGHIndependent · IND21,07114.5%
- 5NINGTHOUJAM BENOY SINGHIndependent · IND11,5688.0%
- 6NONGMEIKAPAM NABOKISHOR SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP10,9097.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SOC swing
- −21.0%
- INC share
- 29.5% → 31.9%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- 55.6% → 68.2%