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21. Thanesar

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-THANESAR

INC 33.3%won by 0.5%JS 32.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.0% to 0.5%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.1% of the vote between them, up from 47.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
47,273
Margin
215
0.45%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BENARSI DASSIndian National Congress · INC15,72633.3%
  2. 2BARYAM SINGHJS · JS15,51132.8%
  3. 3BALDEV SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA7,41815.7%
  4. 4VIRENDRA KUMARPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,8326.0%
  5. 5RANJIT SINGHIndependent · IND2,6075.5%
  6. 6HARNAM SINGHCommunist Party of India · CPI1,9674.2%
  7. 7JOGINDER SINGHIndependent · IND7651.6%
  8. 8ATMA RAMIndependent · IND4470.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−23.4%
INC share
23.8% → 33.3%
JS share
0.0% → 32.8%
Turnout
— → —
20. Simla22. Radaur
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