Constituency
96. Nurmahal
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1957
PB-NURMAHAL
INC 53.3%won by 12.7%CPI 40.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 12.7%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 40.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.9% of the vote between them, up from 54.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
42,179
Margin
5,345
12.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DARBARA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC22,48153.3%
- 2HARKISHAN SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI17,13640.6%
- 3TARA KESHIndependent · IND1,6714.0%
- 4MALAWA RAM (SC)Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8912.1%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −19.2%
- INC share
- 31.9% → 53.3%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 40.6%
- Turnout
- — → —