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427. Mirzapur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-MIRZAPUR

INC 38.4%won by 6.9%JS 31.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.4% to 6.9%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.9% of the vote between them, up from 49.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 33.3% to 56.1%.

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

Electorate
4,10,119
Turnout
56.1%
Valid votes
2,30,133
Margin
15,855
6.89%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHYAMDHAR MISRAIndian National Congress · INC88,40838.4%
  2. 2MURLIDHARJS · JS72,55331.5%
  3. 3ABDUL WAHIDSOC · SOC38,83016.9%
  4. 4RAJ BAHADURCommunist Party of India · CPI23,29510.1%
  5. 5RAM DASI DEVIIndependent · IND4,9272.1%
  6. 6RAM SAKALSwatantra Party · SWA2,1200.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−18.6%
INC share
25.4% → 38.4%
JS share
0.0% → 31.5%
Turnout
89.5% → 56.1%
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