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412. Maharajganj

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MAHARAJGANJ

INC 52.7%won by 13.5%SOC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSOC swing
−35.2%
INC share
48.6% 52.7%
SOC share
0.0% 39.2%
Turnout
38.2% 45.3%