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Constituency

13. Chandigarh

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-CHANDIGARH

INC 39.2%won by 10.4%IND 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 10.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 73.8% — 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
62,351
Margin
6,472
10.38%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−19.8%
INC share
42.8% 39.2%
IND share
12.5% 28.8%
Turnout