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6. Kulu

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-KULU

INC 21.3%won by 5.8%INC 15.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 31.7% to 21.3% of the vote here (−10.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 36.9% between them, down from 67.5% — 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
64,118
Margin
3,694
5.76%

Candidates

15 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAGHBIR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC13,66821.3%
  2. 2JIT RAM (SC)Indian National Congress · INC9,97415.6%
  3. 3BELI RAMIndependent · IND8,44913.2%
  4. 4LAL CHANDIndependent · IND8,36913.1%
  5. 5SHOBHA RAM (SC)Independent · IND4,2956.7%
  6. 6CHARAN DASIndependent · IND3,6855.7%
  7. 7NAWAL KISHOREIndependent · IND2,9374.6%
  8. 8BHAGWANT GURUCommunist Party of India · CPI2,8894.5%
  9. 9NATHUIndependent · IND1,9413.0%
  10. 10SHERU RAM (SC)Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,7982.8%
  11. 11BHAGAT RAMBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4992.3%
  12. 12MOTI RAMIndependent · IND1,4592.3%
  13. 13PULKU (SC)Independent · IND1,4572.3%
  14. 14GULAB DASS (SC)Independent · IND9311.5%
  15. 15CHOBU (SC)Independent · IND7671.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
31.7% → 21.3%
INC share
31.7% → 21.3%
Turnout
— → —
5. Palampur7. Hamirpur
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