Election
Constituency

295. Udipi

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-UDIPI

INC 50.0%won by 5.5%PSP 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.6% to 5.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 55.3%.

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

Electorate
4,23,300
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
2,34,028
Margin
12,866
5.50%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−8.1%
INC share
56.8% 50.0%
PSP share
43.2% 44.5%
Turnout
52.4% 55.3%