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Constituency

378. Amroha

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-AMROHA

INC 29.3%won by 7.9%JS 21.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.0% to 7.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 21.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.8% between them, down from 66.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.8% to 51.6%.

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

Electorate
4,23,038
Turnout
51.6%
Valid votes
2,18,385
Margin
17,192
7.87%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−31.3%
INC share
39.2% 29.3%
JS share
0.0% 21.4%
Turnout
47.8% 51.6%