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287. Kanara

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-KANARA

INC 46.7%won by 7.0%IND 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.0% to 7.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.5% of the vote between them, up from 74.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
4,88,300
Turnout
58.3%
Valid votes
2,84,569
Margin
19,869
6.98%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JOACHIM PIEDAD ALVAIndian National Congress · INC1,32,95846.7%
  2. 2MANOHAR DATTATRAY MALGAONKARIndependent · IND1,13,08939.7%
  3. 3SHAMBHU PRABHU BHAT MANJANATH SHRIDHARIndependent · IND18,7926.6%
  4. 4DHARESHWARCommunist Party of India · CPI13,1324.6%
  5. 5YESHVANT SHRIPAD DAMLEIndependent · IND6,5982.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−21.1%
INC share
48.8% → 46.7%
IND share
20.7% → 39.7%
Turnout
56.3% → 58.3%
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