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Constituency

81. Gurdaspur

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1957

PB-GURDASPUR

INC 20.6%won by 0.6%INC 20.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.5% to 0.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 40.6% between them, down from 50.4% — 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
1,48,519
Margin
947
0.64%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
26.9% 20.6%
INC share
26.9% 20.6%
Turnout