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Constituency

79. Dera Baba Nanak

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-DERA-BABA-NANAK

INC 43.0%won by 8.2%IND 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 8.7% to 8.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 85.4% — 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
35,676
Margin
2,933
8.22%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−32.3%
INC share
47.1% 43.0%
IND share
6.6% 34.7%
Turnout