Election
Constituency

24. Butana

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Punjab Assembly Election, 1962

PB-BUTANA

INC 37.4%won by 8.2%SWA 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.9% to 8.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 84.5% — 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
48,322
Margin
3,978
8.23%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCSWA swing
−54.5%
INC share
62.7% 37.4%
SWA share
0.0% 29.2%
Turnout