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4. Kangra

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-KANGRA

INC 37.1%won by 1.0%JS 36.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.3% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.

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
30,789
Margin
305
0.99%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1AMAR NATHIndian National Congress · INC11,43637.1%
  2. 2DURGA CHANDJS · JS11,13136.2%
  3. 3DHANI RAMIndependent · IND3,0639.9%
  4. 4BIDHI SINGHIndependent · IND2,0656.7%
  5. 5CHANDER SHEIKHARIndependent · IND1,0933.5%
  6. 6POHLO RAMIndependent · IND1,0473.4%
  7. 7CHANDAR MANIIndependent · IND6732.2%
  8. 8SANT RAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP2810.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−50.9%
INC share
51.9% → 37.1%
JS share
0.0% → 36.2%
Turnout
— → —
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