Election
Constituency

23. Karnal

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-KARNAL

INC 55.0%won by 13.5%JS 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 13.5%.

  • New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 41.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.

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

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
35,775
Margin
4,828
13.50%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM PIARAIndian National Congress · INC19,67955.0%
  2. 2BALBIR SINGHJS · JS14,85141.5%
  3. 3SUMER CHANDREP · REP8942.5%
  4. 4AMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3511.0%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JS swing
−39.6%
INC share
53.1% → 55.0%
JS share
0.0% → 41.5%
Turnout
— → —
22. Radaur24. Butana
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