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9. Chandigarh

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-CHANDIGARH

INC 42.8%won by 11.7%CPI 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.9% to 11.7%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.8% of the vote between them, up from 55.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
35,752
Margin
4,194
11.73%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NIRANJAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC15,28942.8%
  2. 2GURBAKHASH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,09531.0%
  3. 3HARI DEVIndependent · IND4,48512.5%
  4. 4GURDIAL SINGHIndependent · IND4,10911.5%
  5. 5MOHINDER SINGHIndependent · IND7742.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−32.2%
INC share
44.0% → 42.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 31.0%
Turnout
— → —
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