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Constituency

429. Allahabad

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-ALLAHABAD

INC 58.1%won by 29.0%JS 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.2% to 29.0%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
4,46,090
Turnout
53.0%
Valid votes
2,36,488
Margin
68,533
28.98%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAL BAHADUR SHASTRIIndian National Congress · INC1,37,32458.1%
  2. 2RAM GOPAL SANDJS · JS68,79129.1%
  3. 3MUBARAK MAZDOORIndependent · IND30,37312.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJS swing
−29.4%
INC share
58.4% 58.1%
JS share
0.0% 29.1%
Turnout
51.5% 53.0%