Constituency
357. Ajmer
Community mirrorRajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-AJMER
INC 39.8%won by 13.8%JS 26.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.1% to 13.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.8% between them, down from 81.7% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 53.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,32,778
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
2,32,697
Margin
32,143
13.81%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1MUKATBEHARI LALIndian National Congress · INC92,59839.8%
- 2BHAGWANDASJS · JS60,45526.0%
- 3SOBHAGMALSwatantra Party · SWA50,67621.8%
- 4NATHU SINGHIndependent · IND13,8265.9%
- 5KANMALIndependent · IND9,3324.0%
- 6SHYAM LALHMS · HMS3,6351.6%
- 7KANHYALAL AZADIndependent · IND2,1750.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −43.6%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 39.8%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 26.0%
- Turnout
- 46.4% → 53.8%