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Constituency

3. Dharamsala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-DHARAMSALA

INC 65.5%won by 31.0%IND 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.2% to 31.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
25,202
Margin
7,808
30.98%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HARI RAMIndian National Congress · INC16,50565.5%
  2. 2DALIP SINGHIndependent · IND8,69734.5%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−35.9%
INC share
70.6% 65.5%
IND share
3.7% 34.5%
Turnout