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Constituency

349. Jhunjhunu

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Rajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-JHUNJHUNU

INC 30.2%won by 1.3%SWA 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.1% to 1.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.1% between them, down from 72.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.9% to 58.7%.

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

Electorate
4,57,451
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
2,68,313
Margin
3,460
1.29%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−38.1%
INC share
39.4% 30.2%
SWA share
0.0% 28.9%
Turnout
48.7% 58.7%