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Constituency

397. Musafirkhana

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MUSAFIRKHANA

INC 48.3%won by 31.1%SOC 17.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.0% to 31.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 17.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.9% to 40.7%.

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

Electorate
3,95,994
Turnout
40.7%
Valid votes
1,61,209
Margin
50,194
31.14%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−29.8%
INC share
61.0% 48.3%
SOC share
0.0% 17.2%
Turnout
33.8% 40.7%