Constituency
76. Sri Gobindpur
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1957
PB-SRI-GOBINDPUR
INC 47.0%won by 25.1%CPI 21.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 25.1%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
37,908
Margin
9,531
25.14%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1GURBACHAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC17,82247.0%
- 2GURNAM SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI8,29121.9%
- 3KARAM SINGHIndependent · IND4,84312.8%
- 4RAM PARKASHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS2,9797.9%
- 5CHARAN SINGH (SC)Independent · IND1,7084.5%
- 6JAGDISH MITTARIndependent · IND1,4483.8%
- 7MILKHA SINGHIndependent · IND8172.2%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −10.1%
- INC share
- 35.3% → 47.0%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 21.9%
- Turnout
- — → —