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Constituency

334. Gurgaon

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Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-GURGAON

INC 37.1%won by 6.1%IND 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.4% to 6.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 29.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.5% to 60.5%.

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

Electorate
5,00,008
Turnout
60.5%
Valid votes
3,02,403
Margin
18,418
6.09%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−60.6%
INC share
66.7% 37.1%
IND share
0.0% 31.1%
Turnout
66.0% 60.5%