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Constituency

299. Tumkur

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-TUMKUR

INC 47.5%won by 19.4%PSP 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.2% to 19.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.6% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.4% to 59.3%.

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

Electorate
4,25,051
Turnout
59.3%
Valid votes
2,51,924
Margin
48,893
19.41%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCPSP swing
−13.7%
INC share
60.2% 47.5%
PSP share
27.0% 28.1%
Turnout
50.8% 59.3%