Constituency

297. Hassan

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-HASSAN

INC 46.0%won by 2.6%PSP 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 2.6%.

New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 43.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.5% of the vote between them, up from 0.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout rose 52.6% to 52.6%.

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

Electorate

4,33,487

Turnout

52.6%

Valid votes

2,27,903

Margin

5,815

2.55%