Constituency
398. Sultanpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SULTANPUR
INC 53.7%won by 19.9%JS 33.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 19.9%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 41.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,96,316
Turnout
41.3%
Valid votes
1,63,689
Margin
32,551
19.89%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1KUNWAR KRISHNAIndian National Congress · INC87,91853.7%
- 2BECHU SINGHJS · JS55,36733.8%
- 3VIDYA DHAR BAJPAIIndependent · IND20,40412.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −29.5%
- INC share
- 49.4% → 53.7%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 33.8%
- Turnout
- 38.6% → 41.3%