EElectionLens
Constituency

338. Ferozepur

Community mirror

Punjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-FEROZEPUR

INC 36.2%won by 10.0%JS 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.0% to 10.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.3% between them, down from 69.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 61.5%.

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

Electorate
5,21,386
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
3,20,407
Margin
32,152
10.03%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−33.1%
INC share
43.2% 36.2%
JS share
0.0% 26.1%
Turnout
65.2% 61.5%