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Constituency

350. Sikar

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Rajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SIKAR

INC 34.9%won by 13.0%JS 21.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.9% to 13.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.9% between them, down from 79.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.2% to 54.6%.

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

Electorate
4,65,424
Turnout
54.6%
Valid votes
2,54,228
Margin
33,107
13.02%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−29.4%
INC share
42.4% 34.9%
JS share
0.0% 21.9%
Turnout
49.4% 54.6%