Constituency
412. Maharajganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
INC 52.7%won by 13.5%SOC 39.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.2% to 13.5%.
- New challengerSOC (SOC) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.1% to 45.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,00,205
Turnout
45.3%
Valid votes
1,81,144
Margin
24,371
13.45%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1MAHADEO PRASADIndian National Congress · INC95,46952.7%
- 2SHIBBAN LAL SAXENASOC · SOC71,09839.2%
- 3MAHATAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP14,5778.0%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOC swing
- −35.2%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 52.7%
- SOC share
- 0.0% → 39.2%
- Turnout
- 38.2% → 45.3%