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437. Kanpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-KANPUR

IND 53.2%won by 22.2%INC 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.4% to 22.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.2% between them, down from 89.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 11.6% to 53.9%.

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

Electorate
4,84,933
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
2,61,317
Margin
58,105
22.24%

Candidates

10 contested · winner IND
  1. 1S. M. BANERJEEIndependent · IND1,39,03953.2%
  2. 2BEJOY KUMAR SINHAIndian National Congress · INC80,93431.0%
  3. 3BABU RAM SHUKLAJS · JS20,5717.9%
  4. 4VIMAL MEHROTRAPraja Socialist Party · PSP6,5262.5%
  5. 5MOTI LALIndependent · IND4,0391.5%
  6. 6MAQBOOL AHMED KHANSOC · SOC2,7311.0%
  7. 7BHAGWATI PRASAD DIXITIndependent · IND2,7011.0%
  8. 8ASHUTOSH LAHIRIHMS · HMS2,2940.9%
  9. 9JAGANNATH KHANNAIndependent · IND1,4400.6%
  10. 10ACHARYA SHRI KRISHNA JANSEVIIndependent · IND1,0420.4%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
+12.8%
IND share
49.5% → 53.2%
INC share
40.1% → 31.0%
Turnout
42.3% → 53.9%
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