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457. Saharanpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-SAHARANPUR

INC 44.8%won by 24.1%JS 20.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 24.1%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 20.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.4% of the vote between them, up from 39.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 58.6% to 55.0%.

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

Electorate
4,25,001
Turnout
55.0%
Valid votes
2,33,953
Margin
56,350
24.09%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUNDER LALIndian National Congress · INC1,04,70944.8%
  2. 2MAM RAJJS · JS48,35920.7%
  3. 3PARAS RAMIndependent · IND41,44417.7%
  4. 4JAI PAL SINGHSOC · SOC28,27912.1%
  5. 5HARDERASwatantra Party · SWA11,1624.8%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
+2.3%
INC share
21.8% → 44.8%
JS share
0.0% → 20.7%
Turnout
113.6% → 55.0%
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