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400. Faizabad

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-FAIZABAD

INC 40.1%won by 5.7%JS 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 5.7%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.5% of the vote between them, up from 41.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 28.4% to 47.4%.

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

Electorate
3,99,568
Turnout
47.4%
Valid votes
1,89,201
Margin
10,852
5.74%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−16.3%
INC share
22.1% 40.1%
JS share
0.0% 34.4%
Turnout
75.7% 47.4%