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Constituency

31. Kalanaur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-KALANAUR

INC 26.5%won by 4.2%BJS 22.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 3.7% to 4.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 22.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.7% between them, down from 76.3% — 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
40,577
Margin
1,710
4.21%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJS swing
−35.8%
INC share
40.0% 26.5%
BJS share
0.0% 22.3%
Turnout