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75. Beas

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-BEAS

INC 52.8%won by 29.0%CPI 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.6% to 29.0%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1951.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.

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
36,821
Margin
10,687
29.02%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SOHAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC19,42552.8%
  2. 2MAKHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,73823.7%
  3. 3GURDIAL SINGHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,24414.2%
  4. 4DALIP SINGHIndependent · IND2,2466.1%
  5. 5CHUHAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,1683.2%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
−21.3%
INC share
50.3% → 52.8%
CPI share
0.0% → 23.7%
Turnout
— → —
74. Amritsar Sadar76. Sri Gobindpur
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