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69. Ajnala

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-AJNALA

CPI 31.5%won by 1.8%INC 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 1.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Multi-cornered5 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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not in source
Valid votes
36,951
Margin
661
1.79%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1ACHHAR SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI11,64931.5%
  2. 2SHASHPAL SINGHIndian National Congress · INC10,98829.7%
  3. 3SURAT SINGH (SC)Independent · IND5,12313.9%
  4. 4MEHAR SINGHIndependent · IND3,4659.4%
  5. 5TARA SINGHIndependent · IND3,1678.6%
  6. 6HARBANE SINGH S/O HARNAM SINGHIndependent · IND1,3463.6%
  7. 7SOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,2133.3%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−1.7%
CPI share
32.9% → 31.5%
INC share
29.4% → 29.7%
Turnout
— → —
68. Khalra70. Majitha
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