Constituency

282. Gulbarga

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-GULBARGA

INC 52.3%won by 4.6%SWA 47.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 4.6%.

New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 47.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 51.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 31.2% to 42.8%.

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

Electorate

4,13,239

Turnout

42.8%

Valid votes

1,76,725

Margin

8,073

4.57%