Constituency
5. Dharamsala
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1962
PB-DHARAMSALA
INC 73.1%won by 46.1%IND 26.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.0% to 46.1%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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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Valid votes
21,161
Margin
9,757
46.11%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1HARI RAMIndian National Congress · INC15,45973.1%
- 2HARI KISHANIndependent · IND5,70226.9%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +15.1%
- INC share
- 65.5% → 73.1%
- IND share
- 34.5% → 26.9%
- Turnout
- — → —