Who won Shorapur in the 1962 Assembly election?

RAJA PIDNAIK RAJA KRISHTAPPA NAIK of the Swatantra Party (SWA) won Shorapur in the 1962 Assembly election with 18,841 votes (70.6% vote share), a margin of 11,011 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

19. Shorapur

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

KA-SHORAPUR

SWA 70.6%won by 41.3%INC 29.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Swatantra Party (SWA), which now leads by 41.3%.

SWA vote shareSWA went from 0.0% to 70.6% of the vote here (+70.6%).
Safe seatSwatantra Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

26,671

Margin

11,011

41.28%

Candidates

2 contested · winner SWA

1RAJA PIDNAIK RAJA KRISHTAPPA NAIK Swatantra Party · SWA18,84170.6%
2DHARMRAO SHARNAPPA Indian National Congress · INC7,83029.4%

Since 1957

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: SWAflipped
SWA–INC swing: +100.7%
SWA share: 0.0% → 70.6%
INC share: 59.4% → 29.4%
Turnout: — → —

18. Shahpur 20. Badami

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