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Constituency

1. Nurpur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-NURPUR

INC 58.2%won by 37.1%IND 21.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.7% to 37.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 86.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
23,624
Margin
8,767
37.11%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−23.1%
INC share
69.1% 58.2%
IND share
8.8% 21.1%
Turnout