Election
Constituency

161. Gandhi Nagar

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-GANDHI-NAGAR

INC 48.7%won by 22.2%IND 26.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.1% to 22.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
26,624
Margin
5,917
22.22%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−17.9%
INC share
62.8% → 48.7%
IND share
22.7% → 26.4%
Turnout
— → —