Constituency
65. Patti
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1957
PB-PATTI
INC 58.2%won by 28.4%CPI 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 28.4%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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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Valid votes
36,961
Margin
10,503
28.42%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1NARAIN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC21,50758.2%
- 2ARJAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,00429.8%
- 3TEJA SINGH (SC)Independent · IND4,45012.0%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −18.2%
- INC share
- 46.6% → 58.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —