Constituency

286. Belgaum

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BELGAUM

INC 53.5%won by 6.9%REP 46.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.5% to 6.9%.

New challengerREP (REP) finished second with 46.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

4,21,032

Turnout

62.0%

Valid votes

2,61,251

Margin

18,077

6.92%

2 contested · winner INC

Derived