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Constituency

52. Hissar City

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-HISSAR-CITY

INC 45.4%won by 21.9%IND 23.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 21.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — 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 68.8% between them, down from 77.3% — 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
36,621
Margin
8,022
21.91%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−24.1%
INC share
51.6% 45.4%
IND share
5.6% 23.5%
Turnout