Constituency
13. Chandigarh
Community mirrorPunjab Assembly Election, 1962
PB-CHANDIGARH
INC 39.2%won by 10.4%IND 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
62,351
Margin
6,472
10.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1NARINJAN SINGH TALIBIndian National Congress · INC24,41839.2%
- 2AMRIK SINGHIndependent · IND17,94628.8%
- 3GURBAKSH SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI10,17616.3%
- 4RAM MURTIJS · JS7,59612.2%
- 5KHARAK SINGHIndependent · IND1,4282.3%
- 6PIYARA SINGHIndependent · IND7871.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −19.8%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 39.2%
- IND share
- 12.5% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —