Constituency
349. Jhunjhunu
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-JHUNJHUNU
INC 30.2%won by 1.3%SWA 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RADHEYSHYAM RAMKUMAR MORARKAIndian National Congress · INC81,05130.2%
- 2RAGHUBIR SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA77,59128.9%
- 3GHASI RAMCommunist Party of India · CPI71,55126.7%
- 4MALI RAMIndependent · IND24,0399.0%
- 5BIHARI LALHMS · HMS7,8052.9%
- 6CHIRANJILAL RAMCHANDRA LOYALKARashtriya Rashtrawadi Party · RRP6,2762.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SWA swing
- −38.1%
- INC share
- 39.4% → 30.2%
- SWA share
- 0.0% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- 48.7% → 58.7%