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Constituency

357. Ajmer

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Rajasthan · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-AJMER

INC 39.8%won by 13.8%JS 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−43.6%
INC share
57.4% 39.8%
JS share
0.0% 26.0%
Turnout
46.4% 53.8%