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416. Azamgarh

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-AZAMGARH

INC 35.2%won by 5.4%PSP 29.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.7% to 5.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.0% of the vote between them, up from 37.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 34.4% to 48.4%.

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

Electorate
4,37,772
Turnout
48.4%
Valid votes
2,11,873
Margin
11,396
5.38%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM HARKHIndian National Congress · INC74,57635.2%
  2. 2VISHRAM RAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP63,18029.8%
  3. 3RAM PUJANJS · JS27,32012.9%
  4. 4SUBEDARSOC · SOC16,7077.9%
  5. 5NAR SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA16,3547.7%
  6. 6TEJ BAHADURCommunist Party of India · CPI13,7366.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–PSP swing
+2.6%
INC share
20.2% → 35.2%
PSP share
17.5% → 29.8%
Turnout
82.8% → 48.4%
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