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Constituency

407. Basti

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BASTI

INC 44.6%won by 9.3%JS 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.2% to 9.3%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 35.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.9% of the vote between them, up from 54.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 47.7% to 49.1%.

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

Electorate
4,14,207
Turnout
49.1%
Valid votes
2,03,533
Margin
18,921
9.30%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−21.5%
INC share
30.8% 44.6%
JS share
0.0% 35.3%
Turnout
96.9% 49.1%