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Delhi Lok Sabha 1962

Results board · 5 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateDelhi
Seats
5
Constituencies
Majority
3
Seats needed of 5
Electors
13.45L
On the roll
Votes polled
8.94L
66.5% of electors
Median turnout
68.9%
Median of 5 seats
INC lead
+2
Above majority · 5 − 3

[01]Seat matrix

5 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 5 seats: INC 5. Majority line at 3 seats. Hemicycle of 5 seats: INC 5. Majority line at 3 seats.
Majority · 3 of 5INC 5 · +2 above majority
INC 5100.0% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Delhi 1962.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Outer Delhi was decided by 21,553 votes, the closest of 5 seats; Karol Bagh had the widest margin, 55,528.

    min / max of margin over 5 seats with a recorded margin

  2. Turnout ran from 63.2% in New Delhi to 69.1% in Delhi Sadar; the median seat polled 68.9%.

    min / median / max over 5 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

5 of 5 seats carry a turnout
025507510068.9%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 5100.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestNew Delhi63.2%
  • HighestDelhi Sadar69.1%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

5 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Delhi Lok Sabha 1962, all 5 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 New Delhi Mehr Chand Khanna Indian National Congress 1,69,912 31,595 18.6 63.2
02 Chandni Chowk Sham Nath Indian National Congress 1,39,058 28,948 20.8 68.9
03 Delhi Sadar Shiv Charan Gupta Indian National Congress 1,62,016 23,534 14.5 69.1
04 Karol BaghSCWIDEST Nawal Prabhakar Indian National Congress 2,12,828 55,528 26.1 69.0
05 Outer DelhiCLOSEST Braham Prakash Indian National Congress 2,10,335 21,553 10.3 63.4
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 55,528 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1962 · Delhi · 5 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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